HR7860

HR7860 is a giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7860 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7860 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7860:

Color of HR7860 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7860 6.14

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR7860 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 84°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7860

HR7860 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7860 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 31m 46s

Declination J2000 +56° 46’ 48”

Galactic Longitude 92.67°

Galactic Latitude 10.06°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7860 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7860.

Visibility of HR7860 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR7860 is circumpolar and transits at 04:02 UTC (altitude: 84.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7860

The image below is a photograph of HR7860 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7860 is -0.018 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR7860 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 251.89 pc

Distance (light year) 821.16 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7860

HR7860 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude -0.87

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.43

Temperature of HR7860 3902K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR7860

Henry Draper Catalogue HD195964

SAO Catalogue SAO32667

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101285

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+56 2444

In Evidence

Other stars in Cygnus