HR7024

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:04 | Tran: 0:27 | Set: 5:53

Alt: 2.43° Az: 255.49° Direction: West-South-West

HR7024 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR7024 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR7024 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.

DSS2 image of HR7024. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7024 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 43m 58s

Declination -07° 02’ 47”

Hour Angle 05h 08m 13s

Sidereal Time 23h 52m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 42m 36s

Declination -07° 04’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 25.63°

Galactic Latitude -1.27°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.79

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature 4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7024 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7024. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7024 is distant 242.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.46

Distance (light year) 242.74

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD172831

SAO Catalogue SAO142525

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91751

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 4670

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7024 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.0° RISE 19:04

Max altitude: 31.5° TRANSIT 0:27

Azimuth: 263.0° SET 5:53

Set Location

Other stars in Scutum