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HR8746

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:39 | Tran: 13:10 | Set: 16:42
Alt: -48.46°   Az: 67.92°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8746 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8746 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR8746 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 HR8746 star
DSS2 image of HR8746. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8746 during the next 10000 years (14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 01m 45s
-25° 29’ 28”
14h 51m 37s
13h 53m 23s

J2000

23h 00m 24s
-25° 37’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

30.06°
-65.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8746.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

0.70
K1III
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8746 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8746. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8746 is distant 428.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

131.41
428.38
-25 km/s
0.086 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO191565
SAO191565

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8746 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.5°
Max altitude: 13.0°
Azimuth: 244.5°