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HR8726

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 36.30°   Az: 53.10°   Direction: North-East

HR8726 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8726 visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, HR8726 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR8726 star
DSS2 image of HR8726. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8726 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 57m 33s
+49° 52’ 10”
17h 56m 30s
16h 54m 03s

J2000

22h 56m 26s
+49° 44’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

104.59°
-9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8726.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Supergiant

-3.85
K5I
3416K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8726 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8726. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8726 is distant 1,873.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

574.71
1,873.56
-10 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO52516
SAO52516

Visibility from Your Location

HR8726 is circumpolar and transits at 07:12 UTC (altitude: 88.4°)