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HR8377

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 23.97°   Az: 319.76°   Direction: North-West

HR8377 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR8377 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR8377 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 HR8377 star
DSS2 image of HR8377. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8377 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 57m 59s
+48° 47’ 13”
07h 45m 28s
05h 43m 27s

J2000

21h 57m 02s
+48° 40’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

95.74°
-4.77°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8377 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8377.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Main-sequence

-0.98
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8377 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8377. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8377 is distant 984.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

302.11
984.89
-16 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51477
SAO51477

Visibility from Your Location

HR8377 is circumpolar and transits at 22:12 UTC (altitude: 87.3°)