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HR8935

Altitude: -43.5°   Azimuth: 165.5°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8935 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Octans.

HR8935 visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8935 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR8935 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8935 star
DSS2 image of HR8935. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8935 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR8935

5.81
Main-sequence

HR8935 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -43.5°
Azimuth: 165.5°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8935

HR8935 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8935 are provided in the following table:

23h 33m 19s
-77° 23’ 07”
308.32°
-38.91°
Octans

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8935 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8935 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8935.

Visibility of HR8935 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR8935 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR8935 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8935 is distant 103.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

31.76 pc
103.52 ly
26 km/s
0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8935

HR8935 belongs to spectral class G2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.30
G2V
5671K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8935 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8935. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8935

SAO258154
SAO258154