HR8616

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:50 | Tran: 7:12 | Set: 9:33

Alt: -39.73° Az: 264.75° Direction: West

HR8616 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8616 visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, HR8616 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 HR8616. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8616 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 40m 17s

Declination -32° 56’ 54”

Hour Angle 07h 36m 30s

Sidereal Time 06h 16m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 38m 51s

Declination -33° 04’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 13.03°

Galactic Latitude -60.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8616.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.66

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.04

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8616 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8616. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8616 is distant 434.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 133.33

Distance (light year) 434.67

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD214484

SAO Catalogue SAO213981

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111809

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3316160

FK5 Catalogue 3814

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8616 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.9° RISE 4:50

Max altitude: 5.6° TRANSIT 7:12

Azimuth: 237.1° SET 9:33

Set Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus