HR8946

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:17 | Tran: 22:56 | Set: 3:39

Alt: 3.25° Az: 240.63° Direction: West-South-West

HR8946 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8946 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR8946 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 HR8946. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8946 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 36m 06s

Declination -15° 06’ 31”

Hour Angle 04h 17m 16s

Sidereal Time 03h 53m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 34m 49s

Declination -15° 14’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 62.77°

Galactic Latitude -68.6°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8946.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.96

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.80

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.36

Temperature 4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8946 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8946. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8946 is distant 350.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 107.64

Distance (light year) 350.91

Radial Speed -37 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.079"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221745

SAO Catalogue SAO165780

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116368

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 6314

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8946 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.1° RISE 18:17

Max altitude: 23.4° TRANSIT 22:56

Azimuth: 254.9° SET 3:39

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius