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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:11
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HR8338

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 31.84°   Az: 66.22°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8338 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8338 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR8338 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 HR8338 star
DSS2 image of HR8338. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8338 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 49m 32s
+38° 45’ 58”
18h 17m 49s
16h 07m 21s

J2000

21h 48m 29s
+38° 38’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

88.12°
-11.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8338.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Main-sequence

0.22
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8338 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8338. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8338 is distant 493.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

151.29
493.19
-20 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO71722
SAO71722

Visibility from Your Location

HR8338 is circumpolar and transits at 12:14 UTC (altitude: 77.3°)