HR8847

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -36.59° Az: 247.61° Direction: West-South-West

HR8847 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8847 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR8847 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 HR8847. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8847 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 18m 11s

Declination -41° 03’ 31”

Hour Angle 06h 40m 18s

Sideral Time 05h 58m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 16m 49s

Declination -41° 11’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 350.93°

Galactic Latitude -66.03°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8847.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.47

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.59

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8847 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8847. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8847 is distant 488.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.93

Distance (light year) 488.76

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219531

SAO Catalogue SAO231533

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114937

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4115205

Visibility from Your Location

HR8847 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Grus