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HR8554

Altitude: 81.1°   Azimuth: 51.1°   Direction: North-East

HR8554 is a giant star in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8554 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8554 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 HR8554:

6.57
Giant

HR8554 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 81.1°
Azimuth: 51.1°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8554

HR8554 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 HR8554 are provided in the following table:

22h 26m 59s
+56° 25’ 59”
103.91°
-1.01°
Lacerta

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8554 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8554 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8554.

Visibility of HR8554 from your location

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

HR8554 is circumpolar and transits at 17:45 UTC (altitude: 85.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8554

The image below is a photograph of HR8554 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 HR8554 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 HR8554 star
DSS2 image of HR8554. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8554 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8554 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8554 is distant 810.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

248.76 pc
810.95 ly
-7 km/s
0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8554

HR8554 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.41
B5III
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8554 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8554. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8554

SAO34460
SAO34460