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HR8635

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.13°   Az: 140.81°   Direction: South-East

HR8635 is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8635 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR8635 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 HR8635 star
DSS2 image of HR8635. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8635 during the next 1000 years (0.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 44m 06s
-47° 04’ 37”
20h 00m 15s
18h 44m 22s

J2000

22h 42m 36s
-47° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

345.74°
-57.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8635.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Hypergiant

4.12
G0V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8635 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8635. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8635 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8635 double sysyem:

5.98
9.98
4
7.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8635 is distant 76.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

23.55
76.76
17 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.326"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO231257
SAO231257
Gl 871 A

Visibility from Your Location

HR8635 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK