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public  Kumbija, Gambia Kumbija, Gambia  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Banjul
Sunrise: 6:38 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 19:26
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HR8026

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:23 | Tran: 2:29 | Set: 9:30
Alt: 21.17°   Az: 41.93°   Direction: North-East

HR8026 is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8026 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR8026 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 HR8026 star
DSS2 image of HR8026. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8026 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 57m 16s
+49° 17’ 41”
19h 08m 35s
16h 05m 51s

J2000

20h 56m 25s
+49° 11’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

88.93°
2.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8026.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Bright giant

-2.06
G8II
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8026 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8026. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8026 is distant 1,273.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

390.63
1,273.44
-15 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50262
SAO50262

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8026 rise, transit and set times from Kumbija, Gambia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Banjul):

Azimuth: 40.7°
Max altitude: 54.0°
Azimuth: 319.3°