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HR8870

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 82.05°   Az: 221.62°   Direction: South-West

HR8870 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR8870 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR8870 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 HR8870 star
DSS2 image of HR8870. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8870 during the next 10000 years (9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 20m 13s
+45° 16’ 29”
00h 29m 59s
23h 50m 13s

J2000

23h 19m 02s
+45° 08’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

106.3°
-14.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8870.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Main-sequence

1.00
A5V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8870 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8870. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8870 is distant 409.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

125.63
409.55
7 km/s
0.058 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO52892
SAO52892

Visibility from Your Location

HR8870 is circumpolar and transits at 13:56 UTC (altitude: 83.8°)