HR7277

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:45 | Tran: 20:14 | Set: 23:42

Alt: -53.95° Az: 302.39° Direction: West-North-West

HR7277 is a supergiant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7277 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR7277 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.

DSS2 image of HR7277. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7277 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 14m 44s

Declination -25° 51’ 46”

Hour Angle 09h 45m 54s

Sideral Time 05h 00m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 13m 13s

Declination -25° 54’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.59°

Galactic Latitude -15.98°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7277.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.8

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.26

Spectral Type K1I

Color Index (B-V) 1.38

Temperature 3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7277 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7277. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7277 is distant 2,116.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 649.35

Distance (light year) 2,116.88

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD179323

SAO Catalogue SAO187835

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94434

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2613936

FK5 Catalogue 3533

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7277 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.9° RISE 16:45

Max altitude: 12.7° TRANSIT 20:14

Azimuth: 244.1° SET 23:42

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sagittarius