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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 4:43  
clear_day Transit: 12:58  
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HR7482

Altitude: -16.8°   Azimuth: 14.9°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7482 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Vulpecula.

HR7482 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7482 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 HR7482:

6.5
Hypergiant

HR7482 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -16.8°
Azimuth: 14.9°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7482

HR7482 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7482 are provided in the following table:

19h 40m 28s
+20° 28’ 36”
56.64°
-1°
Vulpecula

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7482 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7482 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7482.

Visibility of HR7482 from your location

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

Today's HR7482 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.5°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.5°
HR7482 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7482

The image below is a photograph of HR7482 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 HR7482 is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7482 star
DSS2 image of HR7482. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7482 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7482 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7482 is distant 2,834.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

869.57 pc
2,834.78 ly
5 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/year
-0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7482

HR7482 belongs to spectral class B0 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-3.20
B0I
6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7482 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7482. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7482

SAO87542
SAO87542