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Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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HR8839

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:59 | Tran: 0:14 | Set: 8:33
Alt: -3.86°   Az: 318.19°   Direction: North-West

HR8839 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8839 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR8839 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 HR8839 star
DSS2 image of HR8839. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8839 during the next 1000 years (1.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 15m 49s
+24° 14’ 17”
08h 52m 39s
08h 08m 28s

J2000

23h 14m 36s
+24° 06’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

96.2°
-33.69°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8839 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8839.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Giant

0.41
K2III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8839 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8839. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8839 is distant 503.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

154.56
503.86
-27 km/s
0.114 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO91113
SAO91113

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8839 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.8°
Max altitude: 62.8°
Azimuth: 294.2°