HR8727

HR8727 is a giant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8727 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8727 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8727:

Color of HR8727 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8727 6.31

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR8727 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8727

HR8727 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8727 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 57m 17s

Declination J2000 -04° 48’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 67.22°

Galactic Latitude -54.82°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8727 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8727.

Visibility of HR8727 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR8727 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.8° RISE 2:01

Max altitude: 33.7° TRANSIT 7:35

Azimuth: 265.2° SET 13:08

RIGHT NOW HR8727 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8727

The image below is a photograph of HR8727 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8727 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR8727 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 126.58 pc

Distance (light year) 412.66 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8727

HR8727 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.80

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature of HR8727 4892K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR8727

Henry Draper Catalogue HD216953

SAO Catalogue SAO146404

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113345

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 5894

In Evidence

Other stars in Aquarius