HR8492

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:11 | Tran: 7:41 | Set: 11:10

Alt: -62.80° Az: 336.52° Direction: North-North-West

HR8492 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8492 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR8492 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.

DSS2 image of HR8492. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8492 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 18m 02s

Declination -25° 46’ 15”

Hour Angle 11h 13m 19s

Sidereal Time 09h 31m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 16m 37s

Declination -25° 53’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 25.98°

Galactic Latitude -55.48°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -0.06

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8492 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8492. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8492 is distant 567.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 174.22

Distance (light year) 567.94

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211291

SAO Catalogue SAO191016

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109990

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2616057

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8492 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.8° RISE 4:11

Max altitude: 12.7° TRANSIT 7:41

Azimuth: 244.2° SET 11:10

Set Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus