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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:08 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:20
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HR7999

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:58 | Tran: 10:59 | Set: 20:00
Alt: 20.30°   Az: 292.63°   Direction: West-North-West

HR7999 is a star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7999 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR7999 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 HR7999 star
DSS2 image of HR7999. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7999 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 54m 10s
+29° 44’ 44”
06h 17m 32s
03h 11m 42s

J2000

20h 53m 07s
+29° 38’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

73.47°
-9.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7999.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34

0.76
K2
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7999 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7999. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7999 is distant 426.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

130.89
426.70
-10 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89241
SAO89241

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7999 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.3°
Max altitude: 68.3°
Azimuth: 299.7°