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HR8685

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -2.10°   Az: 164.90°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8685 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8685 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, HR8685 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 52m 28s
-39° 01’ 18”
22h 41m 42s
21h 34m 10s

J2000

22h 51m 02s
-39° 09’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

359.57°
-62.25°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.42
Hypergiant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
1,105.08
27 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO214134
SAO214134

Visibility from Your Location

HR8685 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK