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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR8816

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:59 | Tran: 7:42 | Set: 12:26
Alt: -20.42°   Az: 272.43°   Direction: West

HR8816 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8816 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR8816 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 HR8816 star
DSS2 image of HR8816. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8816 during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 11m 09s
-14° 22’ 20”
06h 59m 24s
06h 10m 34s

J2000

23h 09m 49s
-14° 30’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

55.87°
-63.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8816.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Hypergiant

1.30
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8816 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8816. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8816 is distant 344.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

105.82
344.97
15 km/s
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165522
SAO165522

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8816 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.4°
Max altitude: 24.1°
Azimuth: 255.6°