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HR8881

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 58.94°   Az: 311.66°   Direction: North-West

HR8881 is a main-sequence star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR8881 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR8881 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 HR8881 star
DSS2 image of HR8881. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8881 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 21m 19s
+62° 06’ 21”
03h 41m 51s
03h 03m 11s

J2000

23h 20m 14s
+61° 58’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

112.44°
0.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8881 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8881.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Main-sequence

-0.85
K1V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8881 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8881. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8881 is distant 942.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

289.02
942.20
-35 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO20567
SAO20567

Visibility from Your Location

HR8881 is circumpolar and transits at 21:57 UTC (altitude: 79.4°)