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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR8491

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:56 | Tran: 12:38 | Set: 19:20
Alt: 44.15°   Az: 151.90°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8491 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8491 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR8491 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 HR8491 star
DSS2 image of HR8491. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8491 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 17m 14s
+08° 40’ 31”
22h 40m 03s
20h 57m 17s

J2000

22h 15m 59s
+08° 32’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

70.86°
-38.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8491.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Main-sequence

0.79
A1V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8491 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8491. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8491 is distant 395.15 light years from the Sun

121.21
395.15
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127420
SAO127420

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8491 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.3°
Max altitude: 47.2°
Azimuth: 278.7°