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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR8995

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -61.00°   Az: 168.76°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8995 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Octans.

HR8995 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR8995 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 HR8995 star
DSS2 image of HR8995. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8995 during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 46m 09s
-78° 38’ 59”
13h 54m 50s
13h 41m 00s

J2000

23h 44m 40s
-78° 47’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

306.98°
-37.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8995.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Giant

-0.46
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8995 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8995. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8995 is distant 568.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

174.52
568.94
21 km/s
0.048 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258179
SAO258179

Visibility from Your Location

HR8995 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK