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HR8490

Altitude: 42.5°   Azimuth: 37.6°   Direction: North-East

HR8490 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8490 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8490 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 HR8490:

6.11
Main-sequence

HR8490 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.5°
Azimuth: 37.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8490

HR8490 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8490 are provided in the following table:

22h 13m 49s
+63° 09’ 45”
106.2°
5.53°
Cepheus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8490 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8490 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8490.

Visibility of HR8490 from your location

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

HR8490 is circumpolar and transits at 17:16 UTC (altitude: 78.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8490

The image below is a photograph of HR8490 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 HR8490 is -0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8490 star
DSS2 image of HR8490. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8490 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8490 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8490 is distant 967.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

296.74 pc
967.36 ly
12 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8490

HR8490 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-1.25
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8490 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8490. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8490

SAO19948
SAO19948