HR7867

Altitude: 80.0° Azimuth: 194.6° Direction: South-South-West

HR7867 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7867 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7867 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 HR7867:

Color of HR7867 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7867 6.49

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR7867 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 80.0°
Azimuth: 194.6°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7867

HR7867 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 HR7867 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 33m 48s

Declination J2000 +41° 46’ 19”

Galactic Longitude 80.66°

Galactic Latitude 0.98°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7867 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7867.

Visibility of HR7867 from your location

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

HR7867 is circumpolar and transits at 20:20 UTC (altitude: 80.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7867

The image below is a photograph of HR7867 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 HR7867 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.081 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR7867. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7867 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7867 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7867 is distant 317.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.28 pc

Distance (light year) 317.12 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.081 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7867

HR7867 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.55

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature of HR7867 4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7867 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7867. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7867

Henry Draper Catalogue HD196134

SAO Catalogue SAO49796

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101467

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+41 3805

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