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HR8542

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:16 | Tran: 8:02 | Set: 11:48
Alt: -0.49°   Az: 129.12°   Direction: South-East

HR8542 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8542 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR8542 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 HR8542 star
DSS2 image of HR8542. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8542 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 27m 34s
-23° 33’ 10”
20h 08m 44s
18h 36m 18s

J2000

22h 26m 10s
-23° 40’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

30.71°
-57.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8542.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Hypergiant

0.38
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8542 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8542. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8542 is distant 494.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

151.75
494.69
-15 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO191144
SAO191144

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8542 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6°
Max altitude: 15.0°
Azimuth: 246.4°