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HR8818

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.81°   Az: 258.32°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8818 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8818 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR8818 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 HR8818 star
DSS2 image of HR8818. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8818 during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 11m 31s
-40° 27’ 26”
07h 44m 53s
06h 56m 25s

J2000

23h 10m 09s
-40° 35’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

353.6°
-65.18°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8818 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8818.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Giant

-1.12
M4III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8818 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8818. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8818 is distant 799.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

245.10
799.02
-7 km/s
0.035 arcsec/y
-0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO231465
SAO231465

Visibility from Your Location

HR8818 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK