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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR8769

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.48°   Az: 199.69°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8769 is a giant star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8769 visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, HR8769 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 HR8769 star
DSS2 image of HR8769. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8769 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 06m 30s
-68° 40’ 58”
03h 16m 04s
02h 22m 35s

J2000

23h 04m 52s
-68° 49’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

316.28°
-45.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8769.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.52
Giant

1.81
F4III
7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8769 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8769. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8769 is distant 180.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

55.31
180.31
4 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255395
SAO255395

Visibility from Your Location

HR8769 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK