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TimezoneAtlantic/Bermuda
Sunrise: 6:19 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 20:27
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HR8257

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:31 | Tran: 3:53 | Set: 11:10
Alt: 45.68°   Az: 81.12°   Direction: East

HR8257 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8257 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR8257 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 HR8257 star
DSS2 image of HR8257. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8257 during the next 1000 years (2.13 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.72 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 36m 26s
+28° 18’ 43”
20h 33m 28s
18h 09m 55s

J2000

21h 35m 18s
+28° 11’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

78.72°
-17.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8257.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

2.03
F0IV
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8257 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8257. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8257 is distant 234.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

71.94
234.53
-42 km/s
0.128 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89815
SAO89815

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8257 rise, transit and set times from Saint George, Bermuda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Atlantic/Bermuda):

Azimuth: 61.7°
Max altitude: 85.9°
Azimuth: 298.3°