HR8970

Altitude: 47.5° Azimuth: 166.0° Direction: South-South-East

HR8970 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8970 visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8970 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 HR8970:

Color of HR8970 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8970 5.97

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8970 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 47.5°
Azimuth: 166.0°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8970

HR8970 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 HR8970 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 39m 55s

Declination J2000 +09° 40’ 37”

Galactic Longitude 95.27°

Galactic Latitude -49.31°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8970 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8970.

Visibility of HR8970 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 HR8970 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: 80.3° RISE 12:19

Max altitude: 48.2° TRANSIT 19:06

Azimuth: 279.7° SET 1:57

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8970

The image below is a photograph of HR8970 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 HR8970 is 0.099 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8970. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8970 during the next 1000 years (1.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.18 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8970 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8970 is distant 189.98 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 58.28 pc

Distance (light year) 189.98 ly

Proper Motion RA 0.099 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8970

HR8970 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.14

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.2

Temperature of HR8970 8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8970 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8970. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8970

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222377

SAO Catalogue SAO128309

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116768

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 5095

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