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HR8216

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.41°   Az: 73.57°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8216 is a variable star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8216 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, HR8216 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 HR8216 star
DSS2 image of HR8216. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8216 during the next 10000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 27m 45s
+48° 56’ 41”
20h 32m 32s
18h 00m 17s

J2000

21h 26m 51s
+48° 50’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

92.09°
-1.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8216.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
HR8216 is also a CrEu chemically peculiar star.

-0.08
A6
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8216 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8216. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8216 is distant 389.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

119.47
389.49
-13 km/s
0.06 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50867
SAO50867

Visibility from Your Location

HR8216 is circumpolar and transits at 12:12 UTC (altitude: 87.5°)