HR8978

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:24 | Tran: 23:06 | Set: 2:53

Alt: -38.75° Az: 80.21° Direction: East

HR8978 is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8978 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR8978 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR8978. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8978 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 42m 24s

Declination -24° 01’ 21”

Hour Angle 15h 49m 08s

Sidereal Time 15h 31m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 41m 07s

Declination -24° 09’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 39.63°

Galactic Latitude -73.89°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8978.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.6

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.43

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.57

Temperature 3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8978 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8978. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8978 is distant 831.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 255.10

Distance (light year) 831.63

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222485

SAO Catalogue SAO192083

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116851

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2417796

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14665

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8978 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.0° RISE 19:24

Max altitude: 14.5° TRANSIT 23:06

Azimuth: 246.0° SET 2:53

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius