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HR7317

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:24 | Tran: 10:01 | Set: 14:38
Alt: 17.52°   Az: 212.18°   Direction: South-South-West

HR7317 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7317 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR7317 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 HR7317 star
DSS2 image of HR7317. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7317 during the next 1000 years (-1.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 20m 26s
-15° 29’ 19”
02h 07m 13s
21h 27m 39s

J2000

19h 19m 00s
-15° 32’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

21.95°
-13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7317.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Giant

0.06
K3III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7317 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7317. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7317 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 HR7317 double sysyem:

6.06
11.56
5.5
48.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7317 is distant 516.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

158.48
516.64
-18 km/s
-0.091 arcsec/y
-0.267"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO162462
SAO162462

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7317 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.5°
Max altitude: 23.0°
Azimuth: 254.5°