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HR8847

Altitude: -6.8°   Azimuth: 203.8°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8847 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Grus.

HR8847 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8847 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR8847 is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8847 star
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);

Key facts about HR8847

6.47
Hypergiant

HR8847 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -6.8°
Azimuth: 203.8°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8847

HR8847 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8847 are provided in the following table:

23h 16m 49s
-41° 11’ 39”
350.93°
-66.03°
Grus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8847 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8847 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8847.

Visibility of HR8847 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR8847 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR8847 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

149.93 pc
488.76 ly
13 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year
0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8847

HR8847 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.59
K0III
4559K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR8847

SAO231533
SAO231533