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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR8619

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:03 | Tran: 7:13 | Set: 10:22
Alt: -34.79°   Az: 267.08°   Direction: West

HR8619 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8619 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR8619 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 HR8619 star
DSS2 image of HR8619. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8619 during the next 10000 years (12.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 41m 08s
-28° 11’ 32”
07h 25m 54s
06h 07m 02s

J2000

22h 39m 43s
-28° 19’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

22.82°
-60.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8619.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.54
K0IV
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8619 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8619. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8619 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8619 double sysyem:

6.31
7.61
1.3
86.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8619 is distant 465.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

142.86
465.71
-22 km/s
0.076 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO191308
SAO191308

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8619 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.2°
Max altitude: 10.3°
Azimuth: 241.8°