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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR8929

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:36 | Tran: 4:46 | Set: 7:55
Alt: -17.76°   Az: 227.51°   Direction: South-West

HR8929 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Phoenix.

HR8929 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR8929 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 HR8929 star
DSS2 image of HR8929. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8929 during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 32m 49s
-44° 42’ 09”
05h 24m 36s
04h 57m 25s

J2000

23h 31m 27s
-44° 50’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

339.76°
-66.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8929.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

0.74
K1III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8929 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8929. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8929 is distant 370.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

113.77
370.88
8 km/s
0.048 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO231642
SAO231642

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8929 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 134.7°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 225.3°