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HR8952

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 48.32°   Az: 331.96°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8952 is a supergiant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR8952 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR8952 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 HR8952 star
DSS2 image of HR8952. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8952 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 36m 05s
+71° 46’ 52”
05h 55m 37s
05h 31m 42s

J2000

23h 34m 59s
+71° 38’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

116.93°
9.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8952.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Supergiant

-3.88
G9I
3392K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8952 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8952. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8952 is distant 2,859.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

877.19
2,859.65
-3 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO10790
SAO10790

Visibility from Your Location

HR8952 is circumpolar and transits at 13:41 UTC (altitude: 69.7°)