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Sunset: 21:15
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HR7171

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:05 | Tran: 0:51 | Set: 8:40
Alt: 58.33°   Az: 177.73°   Direction: South

HR7171 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Sagitta.

HR7171 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR7171 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 HR7171 star
DSS2 image of HR7171. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7171 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 59m 51s
+19° 49’ 49”
23h 54m 56s
18h 54m 47s

J2000

18h 58m 45s
+19° 47’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

51.45°
7.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7171.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Giant

-2.36
B7III
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7171 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7171. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7171 is distant 1,928.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

591.72
1,928.99
-1 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO104306
SAO104306

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7171 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.2°
Max altitude: 58.4°
Azimuth: 289.8°