HR8931

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:01 | Tran: 8:39 | Set: 14:18

Alt: -14.20° Az: 78.23° Direction: East-North-East

HR8931 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8931 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR8931 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 HR8931. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8931 during the next 1000 years (2.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 32m 49s

Declination -03° 56’ 49”

Hour Angle 16h 48m 11s

Sidereal Time 16h 21m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 31m 31s

Declination -04° 05’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 79.82°

Galactic Latitude -60.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8931.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.40

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.54

Temperature 6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8931 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8931. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8931 is distant 85.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 26.24

Distance (light year) 85.54

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.175 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.19"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221356

SAO Catalogue SAO146752

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116106

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 5896

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9829

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8931 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.9° RISE 3:01

Max altitude: 34.6° TRANSIT 8:39

Azimuth: 266.1° SET 14:18

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius