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HR8692

Altitude: 86.1°   Azimuth: 260.4°   Direction: West

HR8692 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8692 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8692 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 HR8692:

6.21
Supergiant

HR8692 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 86.1°
Azimuth: 260.4°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8692

HR8692 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 HR8692 are provided in the following table:

22h 50m 10s
+50° 40’ 36”
104.1°
-7.71°
Lacerta

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8692 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8692 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8692.

Visibility of HR8692 from your location

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

HR8692 is circumpolar and transits at 05:52 UTC (altitude: 89.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8692

The image below is a photograph of HR8692 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 HR8692 is 0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8692 star
DSS2 image of HR8692. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8692 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8692 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8692 is distant 1,638.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

502.51 pc
1,638.19 ly
-9 km/s
0.013 arcsec/year
0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8692

HR8692 belongs to spectral class G4 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

-2.30
G4I
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8692 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8692. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8692

SAO34862
SAO34862