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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR8716

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:41 | Tran: 8:15 | Set: 13:49
Alt: -1.07°   Az: 263.55°   Direction: West

HR8716 is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8716 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR8716 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 HR8716 star
DSS2 image of HR8716. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8716 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 56m 29s
-04° 51’ 07”
05h 42m 27s
04h 38m 57s

J2000

22h 55m 10s
-04° 59’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

66.38°
-54.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8716.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Hypergiant

0.95
K0III
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8716 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8716. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8716 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8716 double sysyem:

5.72
7.72
2
0.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8716 is distant 292.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

89.85
292.90
-9 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146388
SAO146388

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8716 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.9°
Max altitude: 33.7°
Azimuth: 265.1°