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HR8713

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:48 | Tran: 8:19 | Set: 9:50
Alt: -64.19°   Az: 65.37°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8713 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8713 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR8713 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 HR8713 star
DSS2 image of HR8713. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8713 during the next 10000 years (7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 56m 39s
-36° 15’ 10”
13h 57m 34s
12h 54m 14s

J2000

22h 55m 14s
-36° 23’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

5.02°
-63.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8713.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Giant

-0.33
K2III
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8713 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8713. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8713 is distant 722.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

221.73
722.84
-26 km/s
0.046 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO214182
SAO214182

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8713 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3°
Max altitude: 2.3°
Azimuth: 233.7°