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Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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HR8727

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:08 | Tran: 4:52 | Set: 10:36
Alt: -18.32°   Az: 81.64°   Direction: East

HR8727 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8727 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR8727 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 HR8727 star
DSS2 image of HR8727. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8727 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 58m 36s
-04° 40’ 23”
16h 41m 48s
15h 40m 24s

J2000

22h 57m 17s
-04° 48’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

67.22°
-54.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8727.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Giant

0.80
G9III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8727 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8727. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8727 is distant 412.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

126.58
412.66
-9 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146404
SAO146404

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8727 rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 94.7°
Max altitude: 47.9°
Azimuth: 265.3°