HR886

Altitude: 4.2° Azimuth: 15.4° Direction: North-North-East

HR886 is a variable star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR886 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its reltive faintness, HR886 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR886:

Color of HR886 ⬤

Magnitude of HR886 5.89

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR886 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 4.2°
Azimuth: 15.4°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR886

HR886 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR886 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 59m 39s

Declination J2000 +41° 01’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 147.5°

Galactic Latitude -15.64°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR886 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR886.

Visibility of HR886 from your location

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

HR886 is circumpolar and transits at 10:01 UTC (altitude: 79.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR886

The image below is a photograph of HR886 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR886 is 0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.039 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR886. The red arrow shows the motion of HR886 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR886 from the Sun and relative movement

HR886 is distant 779.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 239.23 pc

Distance (light year) 779.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.039 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR886

HR886 belongs to spectral class K2

Absolute magnitude -1.00

Spectral Type K2

Color Index (B-V) 1.44

Temperature of HR886 3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR886 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR886. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR886

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18482

SAO Catalogue SAO38492

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13949

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 639

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1004

In Evidence

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