HR9050

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:31 | Tran: 1:10 | Set: 3:45

Alt: 3.16° Az: 203.74° Direction: South-South-West

HR9050 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR9050 visual magnitude is 6.83. Because of its faintness, HR9050 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR9050. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9050 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 56m 32s

Declination -31° 44’ 47”

Hour Angle 01h 52m 50s

Sideral Time 01h 49m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 55m 16s

Declination -31° 53’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 8.29°

Galactic Latitude -76.9°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR9050.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.83

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.64

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9050 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR9050. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9050 is distant 1,015.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 311.53

Distance (light year) 1,015.58

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224112

SAO Catalogue SAO214861

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117932

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3217724

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9050 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.7° RISE 22:31

Max altitude: 6.8° TRANSIT 1:10

Azimuth: 238.3° SET 3:45

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sculptor