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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR8580

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:36 | Tran: 13:20 | Set: 19:05
Alt: 8.74°   Az: 105.78°   Direction: East-South-East

HR8580 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8580 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR8580 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 HR8580 star
DSS2 image of HR8580. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8580 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 32m 36s
-02° 46’ 53”
19h 11m 06s
17h 43m 42s

J2000

22h 31m 18s
-02° 54’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

62.68°
-48.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8580.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Hypergiant

0.35
K0
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8580 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8580. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8580 is distant 473.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

145.14
473.15
10 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146136
SAO146136

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8580 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.8°
Max altitude: 35.7°
Azimuth: 267.2°