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HR7916

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 23.66°   Az: 334.75°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7916 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7916 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR7916 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 HR7916 star
DSS2 image of HR7916. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7916 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 39m 38s
+56° 05’ 35”
09h 02m 09s
05h 41m 47s

J2000

20h 39m 00s
+56° 00’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

92.63°
8.8°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7916 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7916.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Main-sequence

0.91
F2V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7916 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7916. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7916 is distant 424.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

130.21
424.48
-1 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32763
SAO32763

Visibility from Your Location

HR7916 is circumpolar and transits at 21:10 UTC (altitude: 85.4°)