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public  Huangling, China Huangling, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Urumqi
Sunrise: 3:58 
Transit: 10:39 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR177

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:10 | Tran: 4:30 | Set: 14:53
Alt: 16.17°   Az: 335.61°   Direction: North-North-West

HR177 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR177 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR177 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 HR177 star
DSS2 image of HR177. The red arrow shows the motion of HR177 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 43m 36s
+66° 17’ 13”
06h 38m 18s
07h 21m 54s

J2000

00h 42m 03s
+66° 08’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

121.98°
3.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR177.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Giant

-0.11
G9III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR177 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR177. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR177 is distant 503.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

154.32
503.09
-3 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO11336
SAO11336

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR177 rise, transit and set times from Huangling, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Urumqi):

Azimuth: 23.7°
Max altitude: 45.5°
Azimuth: 336.3°