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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR8999

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:22 | Tran: 8:48 | Set: 12:15
Alt: -7.93°   Az: 237.42°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8999 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR8999 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR8999 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 HR8999 star
DSS2 image of HR8999. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8999 during the next 10000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 45m 48s
-26° 06’ 19”
04h 33m 23s
04h 19m 11s

J2000

23h 44m 28s
-26° 14’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

32.5°
-75.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8999.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Main-sequence

2.01
F4V
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8999 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8999. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8999 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8999 double sysyem:

6.17
9.37
3.2
8.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8999 is distant 221.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

68.03
221.77
16 km/s
-0.07 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO192116
SAO192116

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8999 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1°
Max altitude: 12.4°
Azimuth: 243.9°