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public  Vårdö, Aland Vårdö, Aland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Mariehamn
Sunrise: 4:35 
Transit: 13:44 
Sunset: 22:51
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HR8992

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:52 | Tran: 6:02 | Set: 10:08
Alt: -10.39°   Az: 257.62°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8992 is a variable giant star of spectral class M7 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8992 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR8992 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 HR8992 star
DSS2 image of HR8992. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8992 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 45m 08s
-15° 08’ 33”
05h 37m 43s
05h 22m 52s

J2000

23h 43m 49s
-15° 17’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

66.52°
-70.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8992.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Giant

-0.11
M7III
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8992 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8992. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8992 is distant 643.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

197.24
643.00
-22 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165849
SAO165849

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8992 rise, transit and set times from Vårdö, Aland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Mariehamn):

Azimuth: 105.1°
Max altitude: 14.6°
Azimuth: 254.9°