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HR880

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -52.39°   Az: 222.20°   Direction: South-West

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.

Image of HR880 star
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

02h 54m 49s
-64° 20’ 03”
07h 15m 13s
10h 10m 03s

J2000

02h 54m 20s
-64° 26’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

283.75°
-47.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR880.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.56
Giant

0.00
K2III
3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR880 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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.

204.92
668.03
6 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO248681
SAO248681

Visibility from Your Location

HR880 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK