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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR8126

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:52 | Tran: 11:55 | Set: 20:58
Alt: 22.26°   Az: 290.70°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8126 is a supergiant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8126 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR8126 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 HR8126 star
DSS2 image of HR8126. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8126 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 15m 14s
+30° 00’ 21”
06h 05m 18s
03h 20m 33s

J2000

21h 14m 10s
+29° 54’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

76.69°
-12.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8126.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Supergiant

-3.19
G6I
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8126 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8126. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8126 is distant 2,432.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

746.27
2,432.84
-5 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89549
SAO89549

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8126 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.0°
Max altitude: 68.5°
Azimuth: 300.0°