HR7916

Altitude: 63.7° Azimuth: 297.6° Direction: West-North-West

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

HR7916 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7916 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 HR7916:

Color of HR7916 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7916 6.48

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR7916 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 63.7°
Azimuth: 297.6°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7916

HR7916 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 HR7916 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 39m 00s

Declination J2000 +56° 00’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 92.63°

Galactic Latitude 8.8°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7916 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7916.

Visibility of HR7916 from your location

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

HR7916 is circumpolar and transits at 16:05 UTC (altitude: 85.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7916

The image below is a photograph of HR7916 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 HR7916 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.035 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR7916 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 130.21 pc

Distance (light year) 424.48 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.035 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7916

HR7916 belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.91

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR7916 10125K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR7916

Henry Draper Catalogue HD197101

SAO Catalogue SAO32763

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101900

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+55 2444

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