HR884

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:05 | Tran: 3:05 | Set: 6:00

Alt: 8.15° Az: 170.02° Direction: South

HR884 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR884 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR884 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.

DSS2 image of HR884. The red arrow shows the motion of HR884 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 58m 15s

Declination -29° 45’ 24”

Hour Angle 23h 14m 23s

Sideral Time 02h 12m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 57m 13s

Declination -29° 51’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 226.08°

Galactic Latitude -62.31°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR884.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.29

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.49

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.47

Temperature 6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR884 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR884. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR884 is distant 471.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 144.51

Distance (light year) 471.10

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18466

SAO Catalogue SAO194002

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13768

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 1122

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR884 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8° RISE 0:05

Max altitude: 8.8° TRANSIT 3:05

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 6:00

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax