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HR8749

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.95°   Az: 135.44°   Direction: South-East

HR8749 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8749 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, HR8749 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 HR8749 star
DSS2 image of HR8749. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8749 during the next 10000 years (13.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 02m 35s
-50° 48’ 47”
19h 03m 14s
18h 05m 50s

J2000

23h 01m 07s
-50° 57’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

336.68°
-58.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8749.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
Giant

-0.16
K3III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8749 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8749. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8749 is distant 480.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

147.49
480.83
8 km/s
0.078 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO247683
SAO247683

Visibility from Your Location

HR8749 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK