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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:19 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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HR8897

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:53 | Tran: 13:53 | Set: 19:53
Alt: 6.87°   Az: 98.00°   Direction: East

HR8897 is a double star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR8897 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR8897 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 HR8897 star
DSS2 image of HR8897. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8897 during the next 10000 years (11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 24m 49s
+00° 25’ 46”
18h 42m 04s
18h 06m 53s

J2000

23h 23m 31s
+00° 17’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

81.72°
-55.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8897.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31

-1.91
K2
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8897 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8897. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8897 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8897 double sysyem:

6.31
10.31
4
41.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8897 is distant 1,436.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

440.53
1,436.12
9 km/s
0.068 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128156
SAO128156

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8897 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.6°
Max altitude: 38.9°
Azimuth: 270.4°