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HR7096

Altitude: 87.1°   Azimuth: 202.1°   Direction: South-South-West

HR7096 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR7096 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7096 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7096:

6.12
Giant

HR7096 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 87.1°
Azimuth: 202.1°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7096

HR7096 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7096 are provided in the following table:

18h 48m 16s
+48° 46’ 02”
78.2°
20.55°
Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7096 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7096 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7096.

Visibility of HR7096 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR7096 is circumpolar and transits at 01:43 UTC (altitude: 87.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7096

The image below is a photograph of HR7096 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7096 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.05 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7096 star
DSS2 image of HR7096. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7096 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7096 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7096 is distant 183.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

56.15 pc
183.04 ly
-30 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/year
0.05 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7096

HR7096 belongs to spectral class A7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

2.37
A7III
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7096 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7096. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7096

SAO47823
SAO47823