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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR8703

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:54 | Tran: 7:26 | Set: 14:53
Alt: -12.53°   Az: 319.41°   Direction: North-West

HR8703 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8703 visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, HR8703 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 HR8703 star
DSS2 image of HR8703. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8703 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 54m 17s
+16° 58’ 36”
09h 13m 32s
08h 07m 50s

J2000

22h 53m 02s
+16° 50’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

86.36°
-37.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8703.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.64
Bright giant

0.71
K1II
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8703 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8703. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8703 is distant 315.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

96.81
315.59
-12 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO108231
SAO108231

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8703 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.0°
Max altitude: 55.5°
Azimuth: 287.0°