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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR8759

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:38 | Tran: 8:13 | Set: 13:49
Alt: 18.13°   Az: 236.91°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8759 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8759 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR8759 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 HR8759 star
DSS2 image of HR8759. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8759 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 02m 50s
-04° 34’ 28”
03h 32m 02s
02h 34m 52s

J2000

23h 01m 31s
-04° 42’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

68.6°
-55.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8759.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Hypergiant

-3.61
K0
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8759 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8759. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8759 is distant 2,650.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

813.01
2,650.41
6 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146451
SAO146451

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8759 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 265.4°