HR8898

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -18.85° Az: 154.64° Direction: South-South-East

HR8898 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8898 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR8898 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.

DSS2 image of HR8898. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8898 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 25m 35s

Declination -51° 45’ 19”

Hour Angle 21h 16m 22s

Sideral Time 20h 41m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 24m 13s

Declination -51° 53’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 330.51°

Galactic Latitude -60.31°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8898.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.39

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.59

Temperature 3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8898 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8898. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8898 is distant 551.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 169.20

Distance (light year) 551.61

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220440

SAO Catalogue SAO247858

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115537

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-5212150

Visibility from Your Location

HR8898 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Grus