HR8629

Altitude: 30.2° Azimuth: 147.7° Direction: South-South-East

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

HR8629 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8629 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 HR8629:

Color of HR8629 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8629 6.31

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8629 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 30.2°
Azimuth: 147.7°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8629

HR8629 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8629 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 40m 47s

Declination J2000 -03° 33’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 64.27°

Galactic Latitude -50.9°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8629 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8629.

Visibility of HR8629 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 HR8629 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: 93.6° RISE 11:39

Max altitude: 35.0° TRANSIT 17:20

Azimuth: 266.4° SET 23:00

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8629

The image below is a photograph of HR8629 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 HR8629 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR8629 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 33.49 pc

Distance (light year) 109.18 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8629

HR8629 belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.69

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.52

Temperature of HR8629 6300K

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

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

HR8629 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:

Main star magnitude 6.31

Secondary star magnitude 6.81

Magnitude difference 0.5

Separation 0.3 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR8629

Henry Draper Catalogue HD214810

SAO Catalogue SAO146239

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111965

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 5728

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