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HR8246

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 47.81°   Az: 63.39°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8246 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8246 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR8246 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 HR8246 star
DSS2 image of HR8246. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8246 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 33m 49s
+50° 05’ 23”
19h 22m 32s
16h 56m 22s

J2000

21h 32m 56s
+49° 58’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

93.59°
-1.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8246.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Hypergiant

-0.07
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8246 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8246. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8246 is distant 475.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

145.77
475.22
-33 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51019
SAO51019

Visibility from Your Location

HR8246 is circumpolar and transits at 12:02 UTC (altitude: 88.6°)