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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:09 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:18
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HR7244

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:46 | Tran: 15:49 | Set: 0:56
Alt: 29.63°   Az: 77.99°   Direction: East-North-East

HR7244 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR7244 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR7244 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 HR7244 star
DSS2 image of HR7244. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7244 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 06m 45s
+29° 57’ 40”
18h 44m 17s
13h 51m 02s

J2000

19h 05m 47s
+29° 55’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

61.38°
10.32°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7244 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7244.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

-1.71
M0III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7244 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7244. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7244 is distant 1,309.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

401.61
1,309.24
-28 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO86796
SAO86796

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7244 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.0°
Max altitude: 68.5°
Azimuth: 300.0°