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HR8919

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.89°   Az: 139.47°   Direction: South-East

HR8919 is a variable star of spectral class A in the constellation of Tucana.

HR8919 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, HR8919 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 HR8919 star
DSS2 image of HR8919. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8919 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 30m 27s
-62° 58’ 15”
13h 45m 35s
13h 16m 03s

J2000

23h 29m 00s
-63° 06’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

317.77°
-51.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8919.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
HR8919 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

0.35
A
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8919 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8919. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8919 is distant 379.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

116.55
379.95
15 km/s
0.037 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255497
SAO255497

Visibility from Your Location

HR8919 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK