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HR8794

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.38°   Az: 167.74°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8794 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8794 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR8794 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 HR8794 star
DSS2 image of HR8794. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8794 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 10m 19s
-73° 26’ 52”
21h 34m 40s
20h 45m 00s

J2000

23h 08m 35s
-73° 35’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

312.37°
-41.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8794.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Giant

-0.20
K3III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8794 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8794. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8794 is distant 607.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

186.22
607.08
5 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258106
SAO258106

Visibility from Your Location

HR8794 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK