HR8626

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:37 | Tran: 23:39 | Set: 10:45

Alt: 11.64° Az: 318.10° Direction: North-West

HR8626 is a double supergiant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8626 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR8626 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.

DSS2 image of HR8626. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8626 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 40m 41s

Declination +37° 43’ 19”

Hour Angle 08h 16m 49s

Sideral Time 06h 57m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 39m 34s

Declination +37° 35’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 95.93°

Galactic Latitude -18.27°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8626.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.18

Spectral Type G3I

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature 5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8626 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8626. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8626 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8626 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.03

Secondary star magnitude 11.73

Magnitude difference 5.7

Separation 19.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8626 is distant 903.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 277.01

Distance (light year) 903.05

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD214714

SAO Catalogue SAO72581

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111869

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 4902

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16154

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8626 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.3° RISE 12:37

Max altitude: 76.2° TRANSIT 23:39

Azimuth: 307.7° SET 10:45

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Lacerta