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HR7860

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 56.40°   Az: 57.39°   Direction: East-North-East

HR7860 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7860 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR7860 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 HR7860 star
DSS2 image of HR7860. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7860 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 32m 22s
+56° 51’ 53”
20h 05m 53s
16h 38m 16s

J2000

20h 31m 46s
+56° 46’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

92.67°
10.06°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7860 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7860.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14
Giant

-0.87
K5
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7860 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7860. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7860 is distant 821.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

251.89
821.16
-15 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32667
SAO32667

Visibility from Your Location

HR7860 is circumpolar and transits at 19:16 UTC (altitude: 84.6°)