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HR8811

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 36.60°   Az: 330.47°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8811 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8811 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR8811 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR8811 star
DSS2 image of HR8811. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8811 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 08m 58s
+64° 21’ 32”
07h 35m 33s
06h 44m 32s

J2000

23h 07m 57s
+64° 13’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

111.97°
3.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8811.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Hypergiant

-1.36
K0
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8811 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8811. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8811 is distant 1,065.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

326.80
1,065.36
-28 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO20441
SAO20441

Visibility from Your Location

HR8811 is circumpolar and transits at 13:17 UTC (altitude: 77.1°)