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TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 21:41
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HR8062

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 70.36°   Az: 266.02°   Direction: West

HR8062 is a giant star of spectral class S4 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8062 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR8062 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 HR8062 star
DSS2 image of HR8062. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8062 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 03m 18s
+44° 53’ 34”
01h 52m 59s
22h 56m 18s

J2000

21h 02m 24s
+44° 47’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

86.27°
-1.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8062.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

-1.70
S4III
3528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8062 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8062. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8062 is distant 1,234.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

378.79
1,234.85
1 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50381
SAO50381

Visibility from Your Location

HR8062 is circumpolar and transits at 01:35 UTC (altitude: 85.0°)