HR8744

Altitude: 56.7° Azimuth: 65.6° Direction: East-North-East

HR8744 is a star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR8744 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8744 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 HR8744:

Color of HR8744 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8744 6.29

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8744 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 65.6°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8744

HR8744 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8744 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 59m 10s

Declination J2000 +52° 39’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 106.24°

Galactic Latitude -6.54°

Constellation Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8744 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8744.

Visibility of HR8744 from your location

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

HR8744 is circumpolar and transits at 18:21 UTC (altitude: 88.8°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8744

The image below is a photograph of HR8744 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 HR8744 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8744. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8744 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8744 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8744 is distant 672.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 206.19 pc

Distance (light year) 672.16 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8744

HR8744 belongs to spectral class K2

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type K2

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature of HR8744 3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8744 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8744. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8744

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217314

SAO Catalogue SAO35022

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113501

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+51 3514

FK5 Catalogue 3838

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