HR8771

HR8771 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Grus.

HR8771 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8771 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8771:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8771

HR8771 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8771 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8771 in the sky:

Visibility of HR8771 from your location

HR8771 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8771

The image below is a photograph of HR8771 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8771 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.069 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR8771 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8771 is distant 300.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR8771

HR8771 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8771 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR8771