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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
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HR8855

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -73.98°   Az: 186.65°   Direction: South

HR8855 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8855 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR8855 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 HR8855 star
DSS2 image of HR8855. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8855 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 19m 52s
-67° 19’ 55”
11h 40m 58s
11h 00m 51s

J2000

23h 18m 20s
-67° 28’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

315.82°
-47.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8855.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Giant

-0.29
K2III
4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8855 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8855. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8855 is distant 628.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

192.68
628.13
18 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255455
SAO255455

Visibility from Your Location

HR8855 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK