HR7168

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:33 | Tran: 20:09 | Set: 23:45

Alt: -16.87° Az: 250.99° Direction: West-South-West

HR7168 is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7168 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR7168 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 HR7168. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7168 during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 01m 55s

Declination -24° 54’ 21”

Hour Angle 05h 44m 01s

Sideral Time 00h 45m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 00m 24s

Declination -24° 56’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.31°

Galactic Latitude -12.94°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7168.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.61

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.25

Temperature 4213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7168 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7168. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7168 is distant 808.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 248.14

Distance (light year) 808.93

Radial Speed -25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.055 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD176246

SAO Catalogue SAO187562

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP93315

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2513614

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7168 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.9° RISE 16:33

Max altitude: 13.6° TRANSIT 20:09

Azimuth: 245.1° SET 23:45

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sagittarius