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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:53 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 15:50
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HR8813

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:47 | Tran: 17:59 | Set: 21:10
Alt: -66.45°   Az: 356.82°   Direction: North

HR8813 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR8813 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR8813 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 HR8813 star
DSS2 image of HR8813. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8813 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 11m 05s
-27° 57’ 10”
11h 54m 14s
11h 05m 19s

J2000

23h 09m 44s
-28° 05’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

24.56°
-67.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8813.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Giant

-0.74
K2III
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8813 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8813. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8813 is distant 684.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

210.08
684.87
-14 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO191686
SAO191686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8813 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.0°
Max altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 242.0°