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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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HR8983

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:44 | Tran: 14:19 | Set: 20:54
Alt: -12.43°   Az: 60.76°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8983 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR8983 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR8983 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.

Image of HR8983 star
DSS2 image of HR8983. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8983 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 43m 13s
+07° 23’ 23”
15h 56m 55s
15h 40m 09s

J2000

23h 41m 56s
+07° 15’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

94.37°
-51.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8983.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Main-sequence

0.81
A3V
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8983 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8983. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8983 is distant 338.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

103.73
338.17
1 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128335
SAO128335

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8983 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.6°
Max altitude: 45.9°
Azimuth: 277.4°