HR8500

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:00 | Tran: 23:13 | Set: 4:29

Alt: 3.47° Az: 251.00° Direction: West-South-West

HR8500 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8500 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR8500 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 HR8500. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8500 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 18m 10s

Declination -08° 54’ 57”

Hour Angle 04h 51m 14s

Sideral Time 03h 09m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 16m 52s

Declination -09° 02’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 51.9°

Galactic Latitude -49.3°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8500.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.63

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8500 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8500. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8500 is distant 351.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 107.76

Distance (light year) 351.29

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211392

SAO Catalogue SAO145992

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110009

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 5948

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14095

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8500 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.9° RISE 18:00

Max altitude: 29.6° TRANSIT 23:13

Azimuth: 261.1° SET 4:29

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

Location

Other stars in Aquarius