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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR8853

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 87.96°   Az: 22.96°   Direction: North-North-East

HR8853 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR8853 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, HR8853 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 HR8853 star
DSS2 image of HR8853. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8853 during the next 1000 years (1.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.88 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 17m 51s
+53° 21’ 08”
23h 54m 39s
23h 12m 31s

J2000

23h 16m 42s
+53° 12’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

108.9°
-7.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8853.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Main-sequence

4.00
F7V
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8853 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8853. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8853 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 HR8853 double sysyem:

5.54
12.84
7.3
129.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8853 is distant 66.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

20.28
66.11
-25 km/s
0.115 arcsec/y
-0.233"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO35285
SAO35285

Visibility from Your Location

HR8853 is circumpolar and transits at 07:40 UTC (altitude: 88.1°)