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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR8894

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 29.95°   Az: 332.31°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8894 is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR8894 visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, HR8894 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 HR8894 star
DSS2 image of HR8894. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8894 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 23m 41s
+60° 16’ 23”
08h 22m 47s
07h 46m 28s

J2000

23h 22m 32s
+60° 08’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

112.07°
-0.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8894.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Bright giant

-2.73
K3II
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8894 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8894. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8894 is distant 1,481.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

454.55
1,481.82
-12 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO35361
SAO35361

Visibility from Your Location

HR8894 is circumpolar and transits at 07:19 UTC (altitude: 81.2°)