HR8869

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:16 | Tran: 0:39 | Set: 5:05

Alt: 19.64° Az: 166.74° Direction: South-South-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.

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

Right Ascension 23h 20m 41s

Declination -17° 56’ 23”

Hour Angle 23h 07m 30s

Sideral Time 22h 28m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 19m 24s

Declination -18° 04’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 51.23°

Galactic Latitude -66.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8869.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.74

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.52

Temperature 3764K

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

Distance (parsec) 342.47

Distance (light year) 1,116.44

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219879

SAO Catalogue SAO165628

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115144

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 6283

FK5 Catalogue 3868

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° RISE 20:16

Max altitude: 20.6° TRANSIT 0:39

Azimuth: 252.1° SET 5:05

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Aquarius