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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR8786

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -59.32°   Az: 167.20°   Direction: South

HR8786 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Octans.

HR8786 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR8786 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 HR8786 star
DSS2 image of HR8786. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8786 during the next 10000 years (14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 10m 21s
-79° 20’ 32”
14h 30m 41s
13h 41m 03s

J2000

23h 08m 23s
-79° 28’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

308.6°
-36.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8786.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Main-sequence

1.76
A3V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8786 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8786. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8786 is distant 242.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

74.40
242.56
-7 km/s
0.084 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258105
SAO258105

Visibility from Your Location

HR8786 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK