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Sunrise: 6:42 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:03
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HR7224

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 48.03°   Az: 31.43°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7224 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.

HR7224 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR7224 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR7224 star
DSS2 image of HR7224. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7224 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 58m 42s
+69° 33’ 57”
18h 10m 55s
13h 09m 38s

J2000

18h 58m 52s
+69° 31’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

100.31°
24.65°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7224 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7224.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant
HR7224 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

0.10
A0
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7224 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7224. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7224 is distant 628.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

192.68
628.13
-15 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO18103
SAO18103

Visibility from Your Location

HR7224 is circumpolar and transits at 19:02 UTC (altitude: 71.9°)