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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:58 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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HR7237

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:50 | Tran: 16:12 | Set: 1:37
Alt: 40.97°   Az: 271.68°   Direction: West

HR7237 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR7237 visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, HR7237 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 HR7237 star
DSS2 image of HR7237. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7237 during the next 10000 years (12.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 05m 54s
+31° 47’ 00”
04h 10m 27s
23h 16m 21s

J2000

19h 04m 57s
+31° 44’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

62.98°
11.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7237 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7237.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Hypergiant

-0.79
M0III
3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7237 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7237. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7237 is distant 605.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

185.87
605.95
6 km/s
0.076 arcsec/y
-0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO67782
SAO67782

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7237 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.2°
Max altitude: 70.3°
Azimuth: 301.8°