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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR8924

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:55 | Tran: 13:31 | Set: 19:07
Alt: 25.64°   Az: 222.33°   Direction: South-West

HR8924 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8924 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR8924 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 HR8924 star
DSS2 image of HR8924. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8924 during the next 1000 years (3.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 30m 49s
-04° 23’ 38”
02h 30m 01s
02h 00m 51s

J2000

23h 29m 32s
-04° 31’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

78.48°
-60.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8924.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Giant

2.80
K3III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8924 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8924. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8924 is distant 159.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

48.92
159.49
-25 km/s
0.183 arcsec/y
-0.232"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146736
SAO146736

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8924 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.4°
Max altitude: 34.1°
Azimuth: 265.6°