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HR8262

Altitude: 65.7°   Azimuth: 90.4°   Direction: East

HR8262 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8262 visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8262 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 HR8262:

5.53
Giant

HR8262 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 65.7°
Azimuth: 90.4°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8262

HR8262 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 HR8262 are provided in the following table:

21h 36m 02s
+45° 22’ 28”
90.86°
-4.98°
Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8262 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8262 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8262.

Visibility of HR8262 from your location

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

HR8262 is circumpolar and transits at 16:47 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8262

The image below is a photograph of HR8262 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 HR8262 is 0.051 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8262 star
DSS2 image of HR8262. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8262 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8262 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8262 is distant 617.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

189.39 pc
617.42 ly
-14 km/s
0.051 arcsec/year
0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8262

HR8262 belongs to spectral class M5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.86
M5III
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8262 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8262. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8262

SAO51079
SAO51079