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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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HR8623

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:41 | Tran: 7:29 | Set: 10:17
Alt: 4.66°   Az: 157.02°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8623 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8623 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR8623 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 HR8623 star
DSS2 image of HR8623. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8623 during the next 1000 years (-1.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 41m 47s
-30° 31’ 32”
22h 12m 34s
20h 54m 21s

J2000

22h 40m 22s
-30° 39’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

18.02°
-61.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8623.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Giant

-0.60
K3III
4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8623 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8623. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8623 is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 79 kilometers per second.

196.85
641.73
79 km/s
-0.103 arcsec/y
-0.209"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO214000
SAO214000

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8623 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.5°
Max altitude: 8.0°
Azimuth: 239.5°