HR8956

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:21 | Tran: 1:00 | Set: 3:35

Alt: 5.99° Az: 191.19° Direction: South

HR8956 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR8956 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR8956 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR8956. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8956 during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 38m 23s

Declination -31° 44’ 02”

Hour Angle 00h 52m 29s

Sideral Time 00h 30m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 37m 05s

Declination -31° 52’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.12°

Galactic Latitude -73.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8956.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.52

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.22

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.26

Temperature 4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8956 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8956. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8956 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8956 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.52

Secondary star magnitude 9.82

Magnitude difference 3.3

Separation 5.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8956 is distant 727.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 223.21

Distance (light year) 727.68

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.048 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222004

SAO Catalogue SAO214659

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116539

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3217593

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8956 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.7° RISE 22:21

Max altitude: 6.8° TRANSIT 1:00

Azimuth: 238.3° SET 3:35

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sculptor