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HR8476

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 61.63°   Az: 305.21°   Direction: North-West

HR8476 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8476 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR8476 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 HR8476 star
DSS2 image of HR8476. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8476 during the next 1000 years (2.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 12m 48s
+59° 12’ 34”
03h 17m 19s
01h 30m 08s

J2000

22h 11m 56s
+59° 05’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

103.68°
2.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8476.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Hypergiant

1.17
K0III
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8476 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8476. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8476 is distant 345.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

105.93
345.34
-28 km/s
0.129 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO34158
SAO34158

Visibility from Your Location

HR8476 is circumpolar and transits at 12:25 UTC (altitude: 82.3°)