HR8745

Altitude: 21.3° Azimuth: 359.1° Direction: North

HR8745 is a giant star in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8745 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8745 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 HR8745:

Color of HR8745 ⬤

Magnitude of HR8745 6.43

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR8745 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 21.3°
Azimuth: 359.1°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8745

HR8745 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 HR8745 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 59m 08s

Declination J2000 +59° 48’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 109.25°

Galactic Latitude -0.04°

Constellation Cepheus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8745 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR8745.

Visibility of HR8745 from your location

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

HR8745 is circumpolar and transits at 06:05 UTC (altitude: 81.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8745

The image below is a photograph of HR8745 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 HR8745 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR8745. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8745 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8745 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8745 is distant 1,156.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 354.61 pc

Distance (light year) 1,156.03 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8745

HR8745 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.32

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature of HR8745 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8745 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8745. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8745

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217348

SAO Catalogue SAO35026

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113498

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+59 2615

In Evidence

Other stars in Cepheus