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HR7495

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 30.46°   Az: 306.28°   Direction: North-West

HR7495 is a variable and double bright giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7495 visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, HR7495 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 HR7495 star
DSS2 image of HR7495. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7495 during the next 1000 years (1.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 41m 35s
+45° 35’ 02”
06h 27m 22s
02h 08m 58s

J2000

19h 40m 50s
+45° 31’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

78.71°
11.07°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7495 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7495.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Bright giant

1.62
F5II
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7495 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7495. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7495 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7495 double sysyem:

5.06
11.76
6.7
88 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7495 is distant 158.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

48.76
158.95
-20 km/s
0.086 arcsec/y
0.127"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO48718
SAO48718

Visibility from Your Location

HR7495 is circumpolar and transits at 16:55 UTC (altitude: 84.1°)