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HR8760

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:24 | Tran: 7:55 | Set: 9:25
Alt: -68.80°   Az: 52.32°   Direction: North-East

HR8760 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8760 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR8760 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 HR8760 star
DSS2 image of HR8760. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8760 during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 03m 58s
-36° 17’ 01”
13h 23m 10s
12h 27m 09s

J2000

23h 02m 34s
-36° 25’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

4.16°
-65.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8760.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Giant

0.94
K1III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8760 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8760. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8760 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8760 double sysyem:

6.47
9.47
3
2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8760 is distant 415.29 light years from the Sun

127.39
415.29
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO214261
SAO214261

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8760 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3°
Max altitude: 2.2°
Azimuth: 233.7°