HR8062

Altitude: 63.8° Azimuth: 270.5° Direction: West

HR8062 is a giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8062 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8062 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 HR8062:

Color of HR8062 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8062 6.19

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8062 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 63.8°
Azimuth: 270.5°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8062

HR8062 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 HR8062 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 21h 02m 24s

Declination J2000 +44° 47’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 86.27°

Galactic Latitude -1.17°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8062 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8062.

Visibility of HR8062 from your location

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

HR8062 is circumpolar and transits at 04:01 UTC (altitude: 83.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8062

The image below is a photograph of HR8062 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 HR8062 is -0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR8062 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 378.79 pc

Distance (light year) 1,234.85 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8062

HR8062 belongs to spectral class S4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.70

Spectral Type S4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.69

Temperature of HR8062 3528K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR8062

Henry Draper Catalogue HD200527

SAO Catalogue SAO50381

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103828

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 3679

In Evidence

Other stars in Cygnus