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HR8809

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -72.66°   Az: 157.70°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8809 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8809 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR8809 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 HR8809 star
DSS2 image of HR8809. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8809 during the next 1000 years (3.35 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 11m 45s
-66° 43’ 14”
13h 06m 32s
12h 18m 17s

J2000

23h 10m 11s
-66° 51’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

317.29°
-47.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8809.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Hypergiant

2.50
K0III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8809 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8809. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8809 is distant 202.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

62.27
202.99
-6 km/s
0.201 arcsec/y
0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255420
SAO255420

Visibility from Your Location

HR8809 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK