HR8495

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:25 | Tran: 23:16 | Set: 5:11

Alt: 11.80° Az: 107.74° Direction: East-South-East

HR8495 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8495 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR8495 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 HR8495. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8495 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 17m 50s

Declination -01° 28’ 20”

Hour Angle 19h 24m 37s

Sideral Time 17h 42m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 16m 33s

Declination -01° 35’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 60.82°

Galactic Latitude -44.98°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8495.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.62

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8495 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8495. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8495 is distant 262.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 80.39

Distance (light year) 262.06

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211356

SAO Catalogue SAO145989

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109984

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 5726

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8495 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.5° RISE 17:25

Max altitude: 37.0° TRANSIT 23:16

Azimuth: 268.5° SET 5:11

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Aquarius