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north SunriseRise: 6:52  
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HR7135

Altitude: 34.7°   Azimuth: 130.2°   Direction: South-East

HR7135 is a variable hypergiant star in the constellation of Aquila.

HR7135 visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7135 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 HR7135:

5.57
Hypergiant

HR7135 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 34.7°
Azimuth: 130.2°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7135

HR7135 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7135 are provided in the following table:

18h 55m 27s
+06° 36’ 55”
39.28°
2.12°
Aquila

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7135 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7135 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7135.

Visibility of HR7135 from your location

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

Today's HR7135 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.4°
Max altitude: 45.1°
Azimuth: 276.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7135

The image below is a photograph of HR7135 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 HR7135 is 0.021 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.087 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7135 star
DSS2 image of HR7135. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7135 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7135 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7135 is distant 292.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

89.77 pc
292.64 ly
23 km/s
0.021 arcsec/year
-0.087 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7135

HR7135 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.80
K0III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7135 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7135. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7135

SAO124050
SAO124050