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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:07 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:19
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HR7238

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:41 | Tran: 15:52 | Set: 1:07
Alt: 62.48°   Az: 129.28°   Direction: South-East

HR7238 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR7238 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR7238 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 HR7238 star
DSS2 image of HR7238. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7238 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 05m 55s
+30° 46’ 20”
22h 21m 35s
17h 27m 31s

J2000

19h 04m 58s
+30° 43’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

62.05°
10.83°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7238 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7238.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Giant

-0.73
M2III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7238 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7238. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7238 is distant 742.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

227.79
742.60
-16 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO67781
SAO67781

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7238 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.2°
Max altitude: 69.3°
Azimuth: 300.8°