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HR7926

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 6.91°   Az: 22.19°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7926 is a bright giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7926 visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, HR7926 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 HR7926 star
DSS2 image of HR7926. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7926 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 42m 50s
+41° 48’ 24”
14h 00m 49s
10h 43m 39s

J2000

20h 41m 56s
+41° 43’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

81.53°
-0.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7926 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7926.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Bright giant

-1.85
B8II
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7926 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7926. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7926 is distant 1,041.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

319.49
1,041.53
-27 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO49946
SAO49946

Visibility from Your Location

HR7926 is circumpolar and transits at 19:15 UTC (altitude: 80.3°)