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HR8067

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:12 | Tran: 2:29 | Set: 8:42

Alt: 41.51° Az: 183.54° Direction: South

HR8067 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Equuleus.

HR8067 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR8067 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.

DSS2 image of HR8067. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8067 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 05m 59s

Declination +03° 02’ 41”

Hour Angle 00h 10m 37s

Sidereal Time 21h 16m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 04m 41s

Declination +02° 56’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 52.45°

Galactic Latitude -27.69°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.98

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8067 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8067. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8067 is distant 399.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 122.55

Distance (light year) 399.51

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD200661

SAO Catalogue SAO126519

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP104041

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 4297

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8067 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.0° RISE 20:12

Max altitude: 41.6° TRANSIT 2:29

Azimuth: 273.0° SET 8:42

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