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HR8477

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -53.98°   Az: 94.17°   Direction: East

HR8477 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8477 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR8477 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR8477 star
DSS2 image of HR8477. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8477 during the next 1000 years (9.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 16m 07s
-41° 15’ 29”
15h 25m 06s
13h 41m 13s

J2000

22h 14m 38s
-41° 22’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

358.68°
-54.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8477 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8477.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Main-sequence

4.51
G5V
5778K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8477 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8477. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8477 is distant 72.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

22.13
72.14
-18 km/s
0.567 arcsec/y
-0.79"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO231045
SAO231045
Gl 851.2

Visibility from Your Location

HR8477 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK