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HR7867

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 22.66°   Az: 309.53°   Direction: North-West

HR7867 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7867 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR7867 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 HR7867 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 34m 41s
+41° 51’ 29”
07h 08m 35s
03h 43m 16s

J2000

20h 33m 48s
+41° 46’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

80.66°
0.98°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7867 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7867.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.49
Hypergiant

1.55
K0III
4743K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

97.28
317.12
1 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO49796
SAO49796

Visibility from Your Location

HR7867 is circumpolar and transits at 19:11 UTC (altitude: 80.4°)