HR8806

Altitude: 15.9° Azimuth: 35.5° Direction: North-East

HR8806 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR8806 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8806 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8806:

Color of HR8806 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8806 6.56

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8806 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.9°
Azimuth: 35.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8806

HR8806 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8806 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 08m 12s

Declination J2000 +44° 33’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 104.24°

Galactic Latitude -14.53°

Constellation Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8806 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8806.

Visibility of HR8806 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR8806 is circumpolar and transits at 17:59 UTC (altitude: 83.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8806

The image below is a photograph of HR8806 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8806 is 0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8806. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8806 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8806 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8806 is distant 565.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 173.61 pc

Distance (light year) 565.97 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8806

HR8806 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.36

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature of HR8806 8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8806 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8806. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8806

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218525

SAO Catalogue SAO52717

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114237

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+43 4399

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