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HR8718

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:16 | Tran: 8:07 | Set: 18:54
Alt: 4.24°   Az: 28.27°   Direction: North-North-East

HR8718 is a bright giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8718 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR8718 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 HR8718 star
DSS2 image of HR8718. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8718 during the next 10000 years (14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 56m 13s
+37° 12’ 45”
14h 25m 31s
13h 21m 44s

J2000

22h 55m 02s
+37° 04’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

98.51°
-20.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8718.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Bright giant

2.83
F5II
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8718 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8718. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8718 is distant 134.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

41.25
134.49
-28 km/s
0.086 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO72838
SAO72838

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8718 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.8°
Max altitude: 75.7°
Azimuth: 307.2°