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HR8169

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:27 | Tran: 11:59 | Set: 21:31
Alt: 9.42°   Az: 312.18°   Direction: North-West

HR8169 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8169 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR8169 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 HR8169 star
DSS2 image of HR8169. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8169 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 22m 25s
+32° 43’ 14”
07h 58m 39s
05h 21m 04s

J2000

21h 21m 21s
+32° 36’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

79.8°
-12.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8169.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

-0.30
A1V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8169 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8169. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8169 is distant 604.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

185.53
604.82
-3 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO71237
SAO71237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8169 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°