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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR8629

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:16 | Tran: 7:57 | Set: 13:38
Alt: -41.65°   Az: 8.41°   Direction: North

HR8629 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8629 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR8629 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 HR8629 star
DSS2 image of HR8629. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8629 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 42m 06s
-03° 25’ 15”
12h 25m 08s
11h 07m 15s

J2000

22h 40m 47s
-03° 33’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

64.27°
-50.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8629.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Main-sequence

3.69
F6V
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8629 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8629. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8629 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8629 double sysyem:

6.31
6.81
0.5
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8629 is distant 109.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

33.49
109.18
12 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146239
SAO146239

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8629 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.4°
Max altitude: 35.1°
Azimuth: 266.6°