HR7265

Altitude: -38.7° Azimuth: 72.0° Direction: East-North-East

HR7265 is a double giant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7265 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7265 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7265:

Color of HR7265 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7265 6.13

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR7265 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -38.7°
Azimuth: 72.0°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7265

HR7265 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7265 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 19h 09m 48s

Declination J2000 -19° 48’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 17.03°

Galactic Latitude -12.8°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7265 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7265.

Visibility of HR7265 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR7265 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.8° RISE 10:02

Max altitude: 18.7° TRANSIT 14:13

Azimuth: 250.2° SET 18:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7265

The image below is a photograph of HR7265 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7265 is 0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.079 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR7265. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7265 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7265 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7265 is distant 391.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 120.19 pc

Distance (light year) 391.83 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.079 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7265

HR7265 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature of HR7265 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7265 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7265. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR7265 star system properties

HR7265 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7265 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.13

Secondary star magnitude 6.33

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0.1 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR7265

Henry Draper Catalogue HD178555

SAO Catalogue SAO162260

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94144

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 5415

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS12096

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