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HR277

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:02 | Tran: 9:58 | Set: 17:54
Alt: 21.15°   Az: 81.60°   Direction: East

HR277 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR277 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR277 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 HR277 star
DSS2 image of HR277. The red arrow shows the motion of HR277 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 59m 40s
+21° 32’ 28”
18h 29m 11s
19h 28m 51s

J2000

00h 58m 18s
+21° 24’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

125.07°
-41.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR277.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Main-sequence

0.78
A2V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR277 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR277. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR277 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR277 double sysyem:

6.37
7.77
1.4
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR277 is distant 427.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

131.23
427.82
-6 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO74402
SAO74402

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR277 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.5°
Max altitude: 60.1°
Azimuth: 291.5°