HR8942

Altitude: 25.3° Azimuth: 87.8° Direction: East

HR8942 is a giant star in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8942 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8942 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 HR8942:

Color of HR8942 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8942 6.06

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8942 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 25.3°
Azimuth: 87.8°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8942

HR8942 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8942 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 33m 55s

Declination J2000 +20° 50’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 99.59°

Galactic Latitude -38.49°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8942 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8942.

Visibility of HR8942 from your location

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

Today's HR8942 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.2° RISE 23:24

Max altitude: 59.4° TRANSIT 7:20

Azimuth: 290.8° SET 15:12

RIGHT NOW HR8942 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8942

The image below is a photograph of HR8942 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 HR8942 is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8942. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8942 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8942 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8942 is distant 1,041.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 319.49 pc

Distance (light year) 1,041.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8942

HR8942 belongs to spectral class M3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.46

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.73

Temperature of HR8942 3477K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8942 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8942. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8942

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221662

SAO Catalogue SAO91349

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116307

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 5352

In Evidence

Other stars in Pegasus