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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR8785

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:02 | Tran: 13:07 | Set: 19:12
Alt: 32.44°   Az: 138.64°   Direction: South-East

HR8785 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR8785 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR8785 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 HR8785 star
DSS2 image of HR8785. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8785 during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 06m 34s
+01° 26’ 34”
21h 44m 22s
20h 50m 57s

J2000

23h 05m 17s
+01° 18’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

76.72°
-51.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8785.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

0.90
G9III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8785 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8785. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8785 is distant 408.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

125.31
408.52
-12 km/s
0.035 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127960
SAO127960

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8785 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.6°
Max altitude: 40.0°
Azimuth: 271.4°