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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR9009

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:05 | Tran: 9:03 | Set: 14:01
Alt: 11.07°   Az: 125.42°   Direction: South-East

HR9009 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR9009 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR9009 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 HR9009 star
DSS2 image of HR9009. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9009 during the next 10000 years (-8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 48m 34s
-11° 46’ 11”
20h 20m 52s
20h 09m 26s

J2000

23h 47m 15s
-11° 54’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

75.12°
-68.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR9009.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Giant

0.60
K1
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9009 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR9009. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9009 is distant 346.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

106.16
346.07
11 km/s
-0.049 arcsec/y
-0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165880
SAO165880

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9009 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.8°
Max altitude: 26.8°
Azimuth: 258.2°