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HR7854

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 13.93°   Az: 357.45°   Direction: North

HR7854 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7854 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR7854 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 HR7854 star
DSS2 image of HR7854. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7854 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 32m 04s
+52° 23’ 44”
11h 43m 47s
08h 15m 51s

J2000

20h 31m 21s
+52° 18’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

88.94°
7.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7854.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Hypergiant

1.04
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7854 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7854. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7854 is distant 347.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

106.72
347.92
-10 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32649
SAO32649

Visibility from Your Location

HR7854 is circumpolar and transits at 10:33 UTC (altitude: 89.1°)