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HR8879

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:44 | Tran: 8:13 | Set: 13:42
Alt: -35.49°   Az: 45.78°   Direction: North-East

HR8879 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8879 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR8879 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 HR8879 star
DSS2 image of HR8879. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8879 during the next 1000 years (-1.68 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 21m 59s
-05° 46’ 07”
14h 23m 38s
13h 45m 38s

J2000

23h 20m 40s
-05° 54’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

73.36°
-59.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8879.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Hypergiant

0.72
K0III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8879 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8879. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8879 is distant 400.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

122.85
400.49
-2 km/s
-0.101 arcsec/y
-0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146652
SAO146652

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8879 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.8°
Max altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 264.2°