HR7496

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:26 | Tran: 21:03 | Set: 1:45

Alt: -3.78° Az: 249.85° Direction: West-South-West

HR7496 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7496 visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, HR7496 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.

DSS2 image of HR7496. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7496 during the next 1000 years (2.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 44m 57s

Declination -15° 24’ 34”

Hour Angle 05h 05m 18s

Sideral Time 00h 50m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 43m 33s

Declination -15° 28’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 24.55°

Galactic Latitude -18.36°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7496.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.67

Spectral Type F5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7496 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7496. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7496 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 HR7496 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.49

Secondary star magnitude 11.69

Magnitude difference 6.2

Separation 70.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7496 is distant 119.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 36.68

Distance (light year) 119.59

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.154 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.18"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD186185

SAO Catalogue SAO162931

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97063

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 5444

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9666

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7496 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.4° RISE 16:26

Max altitude: 23.1° TRANSIT 21:03

Azimuth: 254.6° SET 1:45

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sagittarius