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HR8220

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:34 | Tran: 12:01 | Set: 21:29
Alt: 0.92°   Az: 32.99°   Direction: North-North-East

HR8220 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8220 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR8220 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 HR8220 star
DSS2 image of HR8220. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8220 during the next 1000 years (2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 29m 12s
+32° 20’ 08”
14h 40m 29s
12h 09m 41s

J2000

21h 28m 08s
+32° 13’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

80.53°
-13.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8220.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Hypergiant

2.55
F0V
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8220 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8220. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8220 is distant 145.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

44.62
145.47
-24 km/s
0.137 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO71371
SAO71371

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8220 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.7°
Max altitude: 70.9°
Azimuth: 302.3°