HR7187

Altitude: 27.6° Azimuth: 8.6° Direction: North

HR7187 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR7187 visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7187 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 HR7187:

Color of HR7187 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7187 5.63

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR7187 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 27.6°
Azimuth: 8.6°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7187

HR7187 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7187 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 56m 25s

Declination J2000 +65° 15’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 95.68°

Galactic Latitude 23.95°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7187 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7187.

Visibility of HR7187 from your location

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

HR7187 is circumpolar and transits at 18:27 UTC (altitude: 76.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7187

The image below is a photograph of HR7187 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 HR7187 is -0.028 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.032 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR7187. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7187 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7187 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7187 is distant 313.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.25 pc

Distance (light year) 313.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.032 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7187

HR7187 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of HR7187 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7187 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7187. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7187

Henry Draper Catalogue HD176598

SAO Catalogue SAO18079

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP92969

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+65 1309

FK5 Catalogue 3514

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