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HR8917

Altitude: -36.4°   Azimuth: 57.9°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8917 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8917 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8917 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8917:

6.37
Hypergiant

HR8917 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -36.4°
Azimuth: 57.9°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8917

HR8917 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8917 are provided in the following table:

23h 28m 05s
-11° 26’ 58”
67.58°
-64.92°
Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8917 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8917 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8917.

Visibility of HR8917 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR8917 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.4°
Max altitude: 27.1°
Azimuth: 258.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8917

The image below is a photograph of HR8917 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8917 is 0.102 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8917 star
DSS2 image of HR8917. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8917 during the next 1000 years (1.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8917 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8917 is distant 369.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 83 kilometers per second.

113.25 pc
369.20 ly
-83 km/s
0.102 arcsec/year
-0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8917

HR8917 belongs to spectral class G0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.10
G0V
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8917 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8917. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8917

SAO165708
SAO165708