HR880

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -57.07° Az: 136.27° Direction: South-East

HR880 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR880 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR880 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR880. The red arrow shows the motion of HR880 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 54m 50s

Declination -64° 19’ 57”

Hour Angle 16h 00m 42s

Sidereal Time 18h 55m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 54m 20s

Declination -64° 26’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 283.75°

Galactic Latitude -47.86°

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Finder chart for HR880.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.56

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.00

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.39

Temperature 3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR880 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR880. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR880 is distant 668.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 204.92

Distance (light year) 668.03

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18423

SAO Catalogue SAO248681

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13537

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-64 206

Visibility from Your Location

HR880 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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