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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR7296

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:27 | Tran: 4:41 | Set: 6:56
Alt: -35.44°   Az: 258.87°   Direction: West

HR7296 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7296 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR7296 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 HR7296 star
DSS2 image of HR7296. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7296 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 18m 11s
-33° 28’ 29”
07h 06m 20s
02h 24m 32s

J2000

19h 16m 32s
-33° 31’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

4.43°
-19.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7296.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Hypergiant

-5.97
G0I
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7296 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7296. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7296 is distant 9,055.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

2,777.78
9,055.56
-23 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO211117
SAO211117

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7296 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.5°
Max altitude: 5.0°
Azimuth: 236.5°