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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR7494

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -51.39°   Az: 165.99°   Direction: South

HR7494 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Octans.

HR7494 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR7494 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 HR7494 star
DSS2 image of HR7494. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7494 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 00m 33s
-81° 16’ 46”
17h 40m 26s
13h 40m 59s

J2000

19h 56m 01s
-81° 20’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

312.46°
-29.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7494.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

-0.25
K3III
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7494 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7494. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7494 is distant 693.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

212.77
693.62
-6 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258844
SAO258844

Visibility from Your Location

HR7494 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK