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HR7269

Altitude: -35.7°   Azimuth: 332.8°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7269 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Aquila.

HR7269 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7269 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 HR7269:

6.34
Main-sequence

HR7269 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -35.7°
Azimuth: 332.8°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7269

HR7269 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 HR7269 are provided in the following table:

19h 09m 51s
-00° 25’ 41”
34.65°
-4.29°
Aquila

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7269 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7269 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7269.

Visibility of HR7269 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 HR7269 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: 90.4°
Max altitude: 38.1°
Azimuth: 269.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7269

The image below is a photograph of HR7269 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 HR7269 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7269 star
DSS2 image of HR7269. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7269 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7269 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7269 is distant 873.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

268.10 pc
873.99 ly
-11 km/s
0.006 arcsec/year
-0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7269

HR7269 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.80
B5V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7269 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7269. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7269

SAO143087
SAO143087