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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR8738

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:25 | Tran: 13:01 | Set: 19:36
Alt: 39.96°   Az: 141.28°   Direction: South-East

HR8738 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR8738 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR8738 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 HR8738 star
DSS2 image of HR8738. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8738 during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 59m 58s
+07° 28’ 29”
22h 04m 19s
21h 04m 18s

J2000

22h 58m 42s
+07° 20’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

80.5°
-46.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8738.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Main-sequence

1.42
A1V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8738 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8738. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8738 is distant 313.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

96.06
313.16
-1 km/s
-0.04 arcsec/y
-0.08"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127874
SAO127874

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8738 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.5°
Max altitude: 46.0°
Azimuth: 277.5°