HR8736

Altitude: 53.6° Azimuth: 353.2° Direction: North

HR8736 is a star in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8736 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8736 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 HR8736:

Color of HR8736 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8736 5.9

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8736 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 53.6°
Azimuth: 353.2°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8736

HR8736 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 HR8736 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 51m 02s

Declination J2000 +85° 22’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 120.41°

Galactic Latitude 23.1°

Constellation Cepheus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8736 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8736.

Visibility of HR8736 from your location

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

HR8736 is circumpolar and transits at 17:38 UTC (altitude: 56.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8736

The image below is a photograph of HR8736 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 HR8736 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.107 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8736. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8736 during the next 1000 years (0.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.78 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8736 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8736 is distant 456.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.06 pc

Distance (light year) 456.58 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.107 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8736

HR8736 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.32

Temperature of HR8736 4086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8736 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8736. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8736

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217157

SAO Catalogue SAO3808

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP112833

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+84 517

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