HR8861

Altitude: 9.2° Azimuth: 17.0° Direction: North-North-East

HR8861 is a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR8861 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8861 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 HR8861:

Color of HR8861 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8861 6.48

Class

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HR8861 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.2°
Azimuth: 17.0°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8861

HR8861 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 HR8861 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 17m 56s

Declination J2000 +45° 29’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 106.25°

Galactic Latitude -14.33°

Constellation Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8861 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8861.

Visibility of HR8861 from your location

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

HR8861 is circumpolar and transits at 18:16 UTC (altitude: 84.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8861

The image below is a photograph of HR8861 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 HR8861 is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8861. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8861 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8861 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8861 is distant 545.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 167.22 pc

Distance (light year) 545.15 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8861

HR8861 belongs to spectral class B9 HR8861 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.36

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of HR8861 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8861 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8861. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8861

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219749

SAO Catalogue SAO52876

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115036

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 4373

General Catalogue of Variable Stars ET And

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