HR8609

Altitude: 74.2° Azimuth: 176.7° Direction: South

HR8609 is a star in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8609 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8609 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8609:

Color of HR8609 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8609 6.3

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8609 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 74.2°
Azimuth: 176.7°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8609

HR8609 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8609 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 36m 48s

Declination J2000 +35° 39’ 09”

Galactic Longitude 94.37°

Galactic Latitude -19.64°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8609 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8609.

Visibility of HR8609 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR8609 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.3° RISE 7:18

Max altitude: 74.2° TRANSIT 17:31

Azimuth: 305.7° SET 3:49

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8609

The image below is a photograph of HR8609 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8609 is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8609. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8609 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8609 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8609 is distant 699.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 214.59 pc

Distance (light year) 699.57 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8609

HR8609 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude -0.36

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.37

Temperature of HR8609 4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8609 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8609. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8609

Henry Draper Catalogue HD214313

SAO Catalogue SAO72535

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111627

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 4729

FK5 Catalogue 3812

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