HR7240

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:57 | Tran: 2:07 | Set: 5:13

Alt: -32.11° Az: 96.83° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 19h 09m 06s

Declination -28° 35’ 43”

Hour Angle 16h 53m 11s

Sidereal Time 12h 02m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 07m 30s

Declination -28° 38’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 8.46°

Galactic Latitude -15.86°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.04

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.20

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature 3635K

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

Distance (parsec) 280.90

Distance (light year) 915.73

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD177846

SAO Catalogue SAO187701

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP93925

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2815403

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° RISE 22:57

Max altitude: 9.9° TRANSIT 2:07

Azimuth: 241.4° SET 5:13

Set Location

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