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HR7450

Altitude: 61.1°   Azimuth: 30.0°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7450 is a star in the constellation of Draco.

HR7450 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7450 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 HR7450:

6.07

HR7450 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 61.1°
Azimuth: 30.0°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7450

HR7450 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7450 are provided in the following table:

19h 31m 00s
+70° 59’ 21”
102.62°
22.41°
Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7450 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7450 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7450.

Visibility of HR7450 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR7450 is circumpolar and transits at 19:05 UTC (altitude: 70.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7450

The image below is a photograph of HR7450 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 HR7450 is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.037 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7450 star
DSS2 image of HR7450. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7450 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7450 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7450 is distant 623.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

191.20 pc
623.33 ly
-43 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year
0.037 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7450

HR7450 belongs to spectral class K2

-0.34
K2
3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7450 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7450. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7450

SAO9447
SAO9447