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Sunset: 17:09
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HR719

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:48 | Tran: 16:57 | Set: 23:05
Alt: -6.45°   Az: 78.43°   Direction: East-North-East

HR719 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR719 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR719 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 HR719 star
DSS2 image of HR719. The red arrow shows the motion of HR719 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 29m 17s
+02° 04’ 20”
17h 07m 44s
19h 37m 02s

J2000

02h 28m 00s
+01° 57’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

165.42°
-52.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR719.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Hypergiant

-0.87
K0III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR719 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR719. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR719 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR719 double sysyem:

6.45
6.85
0.4
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR719 is distant 950.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

291.55
950.44
18 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO110542
SAO110542

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR719 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.9°
Max altitude: 40.6°
Azimuth: 272.1°