HR8497

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:59 | Tran: 7:49 | Set: 11:39

Alt: -5.93° Az: 120.03° Direction: East-South-East

HR8497 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8497 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR8497 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 HR8497. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8497 during the next 10000 years (14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 18m 24s

Declination -23° 00’ 45”

Hour Angle 19h 22m 44s

Sidereal Time 17h 41m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 16m 59s

Declination -23° 08’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 30.73°

Galactic Latitude -54.95°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type G5

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8497 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8497. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8497 is distant 519.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 159.24

Distance (light year) 519.11

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.084 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211364

SAO Catalogue SAO191021

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110018

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2317344

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8497 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.0° RISE 3:59

Max altitude: 15.5° TRANSIT 7:49

Azimuth: 247.0° SET 11:39

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius