HR8917

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:21 | Tran: 23:21 | Set: 4:25

Alt: 18.96° Az: 220.13° Direction: South-West

HR8917 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8917 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR8917 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 29m 22s

Declination -11° 18’ 47”

Hour Angle 02h 33m 45s

Sideral Time 02h 03m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 28m 05s

Declination -11° 26’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 67.58°

Galactic Latitude -64.92°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8917.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.10

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 113.25

Distance (light year) 369.20

Radial Speed -83 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.102 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220957

SAO Catalogue SAO165708

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115839

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 6496

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.3° RISE 18:21

Max altitude: 27.2° TRANSIT 23:21

Azimuth: 258.7° SET 4:25

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius