HR8828

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -83.72° Az: 75.15° Direction: East-North-East

HR8828 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8828 visual magnitude is 6.8. Because of its faintness, HR8828 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR8828. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8828 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 14m 38s

Declination -49° 29’ 01”

Hour Angle 12h 37m 29s

Sideral Time 11h 52m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 13m 14s

Declination -49° 37’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 336.26°

Galactic Latitude -60.67°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8828.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.8

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.30

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8828 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8828. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8828 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8828 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.8

Secondary star magnitude 8.4

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8828 is distant 649.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 199.20

Distance (light year) 649.40

Radial Speed -26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219023

SAO Catalogue SAO231493

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114626

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-5013915

Visibility from Your Location

HR8828 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Grus