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HR8689

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -39.58°   Az: 215.06°   Direction: South-West

HR8689 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Tucana.

HR8689 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR8689 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 HR8689 star
DSS2 image of HR8689. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8689 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 53m 45s
-63° 03’ 22”
05h 10m 40s
04h 04m 25s

J2000

22h 52m 09s
-63° 11’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

322.94°
-49.05°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8689 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8689.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Hypergiant

0.67
K0III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8689 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8689. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8689 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8689 double sysyem:

6.12
9.12
3
0.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8689 is distant 400.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

123.00
400.98
-4 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255339
SAO255339

Visibility from Your Location

HR8689 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK