HR7026

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:23 | Tran: 3:45 | Set: 5:07

Alt: -49.17° Az: 269.22° Direction: West

HR7026 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7026 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR7026 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 HR7026. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7026 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 45m 50s

Declination -36° 41’ 27”

Hour Angle 08h 21m 31s

Sidereal Time 03h 07m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 44m 07s

Declination -36° 43’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 358.77°

Galactic Latitude -14.47°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.12

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7026 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7026. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7026 is distant 357.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 109.65

Distance (light year) 357.46

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD172875

SAO Catalogue SAO210507

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91901

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3612946

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7026 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7° RISE 2:23

Max altitude: 1.8° TRANSIT 3:45

Azimuth: 233.3° SET 5:07

Set Location

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