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HR8020

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 42.81°   Az: 63.23°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8020 is a supergiant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8020 visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, HR8020 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 HR8020 star
DSS2 image of HR8020. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8020 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 56m 40s
+47° 30’ 50”
18h 56m 27s
15h 53m 08s

J2000

20h 55m 49s
+47° 25’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

87.51°
1.42°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8020 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8020.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Supergiant

-6.61
B8I
6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8020 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8020. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8020 is distant 9,314.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

2,857.14
9,314.29
-15 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50246
SAO50246

Visibility from Your Location

HR8020 is circumpolar and transits at 17:19 UTC (altitude: 86.0°)