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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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HR7241

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:04 | Tran: 1:03 | Set: 6:01
Alt: 15.51°   Az: 129.16°   Direction: South-East

HR7241 is a variable giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7241 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR7241 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 HR7241 star
DSS2 image of HR7241. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7241 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 08m 38s
-18° 41’ 46”
20h 31m 44s
15h 40m 22s

J2000

19h 07m 08s
-18° 44’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

17.75°
-11.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7241.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

-0.44
B8III
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7241 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7241. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7241 is distant 724.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

222.22
724.44
-11 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO162204
SAO162204

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7241 rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 108.7°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 251.3°