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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR8023

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 52.41°   Az: 283.31°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8023 is a main-sequence star of spectral class O6 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8023 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR8023 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 HR8023 star
DSS2 image of HR8023. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8023 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 57m 28s
+45° 01’ 25”
03h 48m 31s
00h 46m 00s

J2000

20h 56m 34s
+44° 55’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

85.7°
-0.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8023.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Main-sequence

-4.44
O6V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8023 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8023. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8023 is distant 3,927.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

1,204.82
3,927.71
-6 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50263
SAO50263

Visibility from Your Location

HR8023 is circumpolar and transits at 04:57 UTC (altitude: 83.5°)