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HR8645

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:27 | Tran: 22:44 | Set: 4:04
Alt: -31.36°   Az: 299.86°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8645 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8645 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR8645 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 HR8645 star
DSS2 image of HR8645. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8645 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 44m 21s
-08° 10’ 52”
08h 46m 16s
07h 30m 37s

J2000

22h 43m 03s
-08° 18’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

58.68°
-54.29°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8645 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8645.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Main-sequence

0.06
A5V
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8645 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8645. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8645 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8645 double sysyem:

6.45
7.55
1.1
2.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8645 is distant 617.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

189.39
617.42
5 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146271
SAO146271

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8645 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.8°