HR8941

Altitude: 7.9° Azimuth: 346.7° Direction: North-North-West

HR8941 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR8941 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8941 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8941:

Color of HR8941 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8941 6.24

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8941 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 7.9°
Azimuth: 346.7°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8941

HR8941 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8941 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 33m 42s

Declination J2000 +45° 03’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 108.81°

Galactic Latitude -15.67°

Constellation Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8941 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8941.

Visibility of HR8941 from your location

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

HR8941 is circumpolar and transits at 18:16 UTC (altitude: 83.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8941

The image below is a photograph of HR8941 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8941 is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8941. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8941 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8941 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8941 is distant 547.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 168.07 pc

Distance (light year) 547.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8941

HR8941 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature of HR8941 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8941 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8941. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8941

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221661

SAO Catalogue SAO53147

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116292

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 4441

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