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HR8208

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 11.59°   Az: 339.68°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8208 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8208 visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its faintness, HR8208 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 HR8208 star
DSS2 image of HR8208. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8208 during the next 1000 years (3.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 26m 15s
+46° 49’ 29”
10h 00m 43s
07h 26m 58s

J2000

21h 25m 19s
+46° 42’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

90.42°
-2.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8208.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.6
Hypergiant

2.92
F0V
0.32
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8208 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8208. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8208 is distant 111.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

34.32
111.87
1 km/s
0.195 arcsec/y
0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

HD204153
SAO50824
SAO50824
HIP105769
BD+46 3305

Visibility from Your Location

HR8208 is circumpolar and transits at 05:37 UTC (altitude: 85.3°)