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HR8078

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 21.16°   Az: 333.61°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8078 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8078 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR8078 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 HR8078 star
DSS2 image of HR8078. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8078 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 04m 33s
+53° 23’ 12”
09h 03m 51s
06h 08m 25s

J2000

21h 03m 47s
+53° 17’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

92.78°
4.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8078.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Hypergiant

0.43
K0III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8078 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8078. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8078 is distant 404.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

124.22
404.97
-16 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO33098
SAO33098

Visibility from Your Location

HR8078 is circumpolar and transits at 11:21 UTC (altitude: 88.1°)