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public  Gora, Nigeria Gora, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:10 
Transit: 12:33 
Sunset: 18:56
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HR868

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:41 | Tran: 8:41 | Set: 13:42
Alt: 22.87°   Az: 200.61°   Direction: South-South-West

HR868 is a variable giant star of spectral class M7 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR868 visual magnitude is 4. Because of its moderate brightness, HR868 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR868 star
DSS2 image of HR868. The red arrow shows the motion of HR868 during the next 1000 years (2.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 54m 43s
-49° 47’ 14”
02h 00m 36s
04h 55m 20s

J2000

02h 53m 52s
-49° 53’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

265.46°
-57.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR868.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4
Giant

-3.44
M7III
3059K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR868 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR868. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR868 is distant 1,003.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 60 kilometers per second.

307.69
1,003.08
60 km/s
0.135 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR868 rise, transit and set times from Gora, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 139.8°
Max altitude: 28.3°
Azimuth: 220.2°