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Sunset: 20:42
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HR8869

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:28 | Tran: 8:51 | Set: 13:14
Alt: -14.22°   Az: 101.06°   Direction: East

HR8869 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8869 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR8869 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 HR8869 star
DSS2 image of HR8869. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8869 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 20m 44s
-17° 56’ 10”
17h 58m 10s
17h 18m 54s

J2000

23h 19m 24s
-18° 04’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

51.23°
-66.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8869.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

-1.74
K3
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8869 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8869. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8869 is distant 1,116.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

342.47
1,116.44
5 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165628
SAO165628

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8869 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.9°
Max altitude: 20.6°
Azimuth: 252.1°