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HR7818

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 62.80°   Az: 53.99°   Direction: North-East

HR7818 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7818 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR7818 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 HR7818 star
DSS2 image of HR7818. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7818 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 25m 35s
+59° 40’ 53”
20h 51m 38s
17h 17m 14s

J2000

20h 25m 05s
+59° 36’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

94.55°
12.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7818 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7818.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Sub-giant

-0.88
A2IV
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7818 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7818. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7818 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7818 double sysyem:

6.44
6.74
0.3
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7818 is distant 947.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

290.70
947.67
-22 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32562
SAO32562

Visibility from Your Location

HR7818 is circumpolar and transits at 20:44 UTC (altitude: 81.8°)