HR8005

Altitude: 60.2° Azimuth: 114.5° Direction: East-South-East

HR8005 is a double giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8005 visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8005 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 HR8005:

Color of HR8005 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8005 5.47

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8005 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 60.2°
Azimuth: 114.5°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8005

HR8005 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 HR8005 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 53m 53s

Declination J2000 +33° 26’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 76.54°

Galactic Latitude -7.29°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8005 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8005.

Visibility of HR8005 from your location

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

Today's HR8005 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.6° RISE 19:07

Max altitude: 72.0° TRANSIT 4:52

Azimuth: 303.4° SET 14:33

RIGHT NOW HR8005 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8005

The image below is a photograph of HR8005 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 HR8005 is -0.021 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.038 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8005. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8005 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8005 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8005 is distant 609.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 186.92 pc

Distance (light year) 609.35 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.038 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8005

HR8005 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude -0.89

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.52

Temperature of HR8005 3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8005 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8005. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR8005 star system properties

HR8005 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8005 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.47

Secondary star magnitude 9.47

Magnitude difference 4

Separation 187.7 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR8005

Henry Draper Catalogue HD199101

SAO Catalogue SAO70645

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103145

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 3980

FK5 Catalogue 3668

In Evidence

Other stars in Cygnus