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HR8275

Altitude: 83.3°   Azimuth: 63.5°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8275 is a giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8275 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8275 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 HR8275:

6.15
Giant

HR8275 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 83.3°
Azimuth: 63.5°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8275

HR8275 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 HR8275 are provided in the following table:

21h 37m 38s
+54° 02’ 31”
96.86°
1.29°
Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8275 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8275 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8275.

Visibility of HR8275 from your location

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

HR8275 is circumpolar and transits at 16:17 UTC (altitude: 87.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8275

The image below is a photograph of HR8275 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 HR8275 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8275 star
DSS2 image of HR8275. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8275 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8275 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8275 is distant 646.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

198.41 pc
646.83 ly
2 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8275

HR8275 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.34
K1III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8275 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8275. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8275

SAO33596
SAO33596