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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR7240

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:24 | Tran: 9:30 | Set: 12:36
Alt: -40.99°   Az: 274.22°   Direction: West

HR7240 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7240 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR7240 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 HR7240 star
DSS2 image of HR7240. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7240 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 09m 05s
-28° 35’ 45”
08h 03m 55s
03h 13m 01s

J2000

19h 07m 30s
-28° 38’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

8.46°
-15.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7240.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Giant

-1.20
K3III
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7240 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7240. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7240 is distant 915.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

280.90
915.73
5 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO187701
SAO187701

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7240 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.6°
Max altitude: 9.9°
Azimuth: 241.4°