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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR8987

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:12 | Tran: 8:50 | Set: 13:28
Alt: -36.19°   Az: 293.19°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8987 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8987 visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, HR8987 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 HR8987 star
DSS2 image of HR8987. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8987 during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 43m 46s
-15° 18’ 24”
08h 38m 53s
08h 22m 40s

J2000

23h 42m 27s
-15° 26’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

65.53°
-70.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8987.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.28
Giant

0.61
K4III
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8987 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8987. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8987 is distant 279.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

85.84
279.83
7 km/s
0.025 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165841
SAO165841

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8987 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.3°
Max altitude: 23.2°
Azimuth: 254.7°