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Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR7944

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 22.97°   Az: 22.60°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7944 is a giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR7944 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR7944 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 HR7944 star
DSS2 image of HR7944. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7944 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 45m 01s
+56° 34’ 52”
14h 39m 55s
11h 24m 56s

J2000

20h 44m 21s
+56° 29’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

93.47°
8.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7944.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Giant

-1.58
M3III
3555K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7944 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7944. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7944 is distant 964.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

295.86
964.50
-28 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32849
SAO32849

Visibility from Your Location

HR7944 is circumpolar and transits at 04:36 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)