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HR7491

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:44 | Tran: 9:46 | Set: 10:48
Alt: -75.06°   Az: 336.75°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7491 is a star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7491 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR7491 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 HR7491 star
DSS2 image of HR7491. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7491 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 45m 18s
-37° 28’ 38”
11h 30m 31s
07h 15m 49s

J2000

19h 43m 37s
-37° 32’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

2.12°
-25.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7491.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16

-0.93
B8
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7491 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7491. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7491 is distant 853.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

261.78
853.40
-29 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO211506
SAO211506

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7491 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.5°
Max altitude: 1.0°
Azimuth: 232.5°