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HR7912

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 46.59°   Az: 69.76°   Direction: East-North-East

HR7912 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7912 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR7912 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR7912 star
DSS2 image of HR7912. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7912 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 40m 14s
+45° 45’ 27”
19h 29m 47s
16h 10m 02s

J2000

20h 39m 23s
+45° 40’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

84.37°
2.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7912.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.58
Sub-giant

-2.31
B5IV
-0.06
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7912 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7912. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7912 is distant 1,952.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

598.80
1,952.10
-15 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

HD197036
SAO49898
SAO49898
HIP101934
BD+45 3233

Visibility from Your Location

HR7912 is circumpolar and transits at 04:55 UTC (altitude: 84.3°)