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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR7079

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:20 | Tran: 9:30 | Set: 17:40
Alt: 61.77°   Az: 169.68°   Direction: South

HR7079 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR7079 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR7079 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 HR7079 star
DSS2 image of HR7079. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7079 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 49m 19s
+23° 32’ 37”
23h 38m 46s
18h 28m 05s

J2000

18h 48m 16s
+23° 30’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

53.79°
11.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7079.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Main-sequence

3.86
F8V
6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7079 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7079. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7079 is distant 93.54 light years from the Sun

28.69
93.54
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO86451
SAO86451

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7079 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.5°
Max altitude: 62.1°
Azimuth: 293.5°