HR8246

Altitude: 27.9° Azimuth: 43.4° Direction: North-East

HR8246 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8246 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8246 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8246:

Color of HR8246 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8246 5.75

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8246 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 27.9°
Azimuth: 43.4°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8246

HR8246 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8246 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 21h 32m 56s

Declination J2000 +49° 58’ 40”

Galactic Longitude 93.59°

Galactic Latitude -1.24°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8246 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8246.

Visibility of HR8246 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR8246 is circumpolar and transits at 16:24 UTC (altitude: 88.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8246

The image below is a photograph of HR8246 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8246 is 0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR8246 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 145.77 pc

Distance (light year) 475.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -33 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8246

HR8246 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.07

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of HR8246 10516K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR8246

Henry Draper Catalogue HD205314

SAO Catalogue SAO51019

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106393

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+49 3553

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