HR7459

HR7459 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Telescopium.

HR7459 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7459 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 HR7459:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7459

HR7459 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7459 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7459 in the sky:

Visibility of HR7459 from your location

HR7459 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7459

The image below is a photograph of HR7459 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 HR7459 is 0.038 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR7459 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7459 is distant 369.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR7459

HR7459 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7459 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR7459