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HR8978

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:04 | Tran: 13:47 | Set: 17:29
Alt: 11.75°   Az: 201.73°   Direction: South-South-West

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.

Image of HR8978 star
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

23h 42m 25s
-24° 01’ 14”
01h 33m 30s
01h 15m 55s

J2000

23h 41m 07s
-24° 09’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

39.63°
-73.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8978.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Giant

-0.43
M1III
3691K

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

HR 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.

255.10
831.63
18 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO192083
SAO192083

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°
Max altitude: 14.5°
Azimuth: 246.0°