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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR8856

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:54 | Tran: 8:53 | Set: 13:52
Alt: 7.80°   Az: 119.82°   Direction: East-South-East

HR8856 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8856 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR8856 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 HR8856 star
DSS2 image of HR8856. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8856 during the next 10000 years (6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 18m 59s
-11° 34’ 27”
19h 54m 39s
19h 13m 38s

J2000

23h 17m 39s
-11° 42’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

63.38°
-63.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8856.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Main-sequence

0.95
A1V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8856 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8856. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8856 is distant 389.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

119.47
389.49
3 km/s
0.039 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165609
SAO165609

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8856 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.6°
Max altitude: 26.9°
Azimuth: 258.4°