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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:56 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:29
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HR7272

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:22 | Tran: 16:20 | Set: 2:21
Alt: 3.11°   Az: 327.75°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7272 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR7272 visual magnitude is 6.74. Because of its faintness, HR7272 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR7272 star
DSS2 image of HR7272. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7272 during the next 1000 years (0.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 09m 58s
+34° 38’ 30”
09h 18m 34s
04h 28m 33s

J2000

19h 09m 04s
+34° 36’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

65.99°
11.69°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7272 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7272.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.74
Main-sequence

3.29
G1V
5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7272 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7272. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7272 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7272 double sysyem:

6.74
8.24
1.5
16.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7272 is distant 159.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

48.97
159.65
-41 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
0.195"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO67879
SAO67879

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7272 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.4°
Max altitude: 73.2°
Azimuth: 304.6°