HR7008

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:00 | Tran: 3:29 | Set: 9:53

Alt: 39.36° Az: 212.98° Direction: South-South-West

HR7008 is a supergiant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR7008 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR7008 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.

DSS2 image of HR7008. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7008 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 40m 51s

Declination +05° 17’ 19”

Hour Angle 01h 40m 00s

Sidereal Time 20h 20m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 39m 36s

Declination +05° 15’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 36.28°

Galactic Latitude 5.02°

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Finder chart for HR7008.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.23

Spectral Type F8I

Color Index (B-V) 0.78

Temperature 5342K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7008 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7008. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7008 is distant 1,086.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 333.33

Distance (light year) 1,086.67

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD172365

SAO Catalogue SAO123778

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91499

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 3891

FK5 Catalogue 3485

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7008 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.7° RISE 21:00

Max altitude: 43.8° TRANSIT 3:29

Azimuth: 275.3° SET 9:53

Set Location

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