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HR8101

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:41 | Tran: 11:44 | Set: 19:47
Alt: -8.68°   Az: 324.58°   Direction: North-West

HR8101 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

HR8101 visual magnitude is 6.68. Because of its faintness, HR8101 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR8101 star
DSS2 image of HR8101. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8101 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 11m 39s
+22° 33’ 29”
09h 26m 36s
06h 38m 16s

J2000

21h 10m 32s
+22° 27’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

70.33°
-17.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8101.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.68
Main-sequence

-2.29
A1V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8101 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8101. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8101 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8101 double sysyem:

6.68
7.68
1
18 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8101 is distant 2,024.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

621.12
2,024.84
-12 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89505
SAO89505

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8101 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.4°
Max altitude: 61.1°
Azimuth: 292.6°