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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:45 
Sunset: 18:07
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HR7499

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 1.96°   Az: 4.90°   Direction: North

HR7499 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7499 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR7499 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 HR7499 star
DSS2 image of HR7499. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7499 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 42m 48s
+40° 18’ 48”
12h 25m 41s
08h 08m 29s

J2000

19h 41m 57s
+40° 15’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

74.1°
8.4°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7499 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7499.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Main-sequence

1.63
A6V
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7499 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7499. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7499 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 HR7499 double sysyem:

6.23
7.53
1.3
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7499 is distant 271.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

83.33
271.67
-32 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO48737
SAO48737

Visibility from Your Location

HR7499 is circumpolar and transits at 18:07 UTC (altitude: 78.8°)