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HR8685

HR8685 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Grus.

HR8685 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8685 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 HR8685:

5.42
Hypergiant
HR8685 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8685

HR8685 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8685 are provided in the following table:

22h 51m 02s
-39° 09’ 24”
359.57°
-62.25°
Grus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8685 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8685 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8685.

Visibility of HR8685 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR8685 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8685

The image below is a photograph of HR8685 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 HR8685 is 0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8685 star
DSS2 image of HR8685. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8685 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8685 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8685 is distant 1,105.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

338.98 pc
1,105.08 ly
27 km/s
0.022 arcsec/year
-0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8685

HR8685 belongs to spectral class M0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-2.23
M0III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8685 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8685. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8685

SAO214134
SAO214134