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HR8748

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 52.26°   Az: 351.15°   Direction: North

HR8748 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8748 visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, HR8748 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 HR8748 star
DSS2 image of HR8748. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8748 during the next 1000 years (1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 54m 04s
+84° 28’ 53”
05h 13m 44s
04h 07m 48s

J2000

22h 54m 24s
+84° 20’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

119.95°
22.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8748.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Giant

-0.68
K4III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8748 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8748. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8748 is distant 390.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

119.76
390.42
3 km/s
0.092 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO3816
SAO3816

Visibility from Your Location

HR8748 is circumpolar and transits at 07:05 UTC (altitude: 57.0°)