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HR7559

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:59 | Tran: 10:45 | Set: 16:31
Alt: -40.39°   Az: 348.72°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7559 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Aquila.

HR7559 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR7559 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 HR7559 star
DSS2 image of HR7559. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7559 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 52m 29s
-02° 23’ 43”
11h 25m 42s
07h 18m 12s

J2000

19h 51m 11s
-02° 27’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

37.62°
-14.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7559.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Giant

-0.08
K5III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7559 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7559. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7559 is distant 569.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

174.83
569.93
9 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO143853
SAO143853

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7559 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.4°
Max altitude: 36.1°
Azimuth: 267.6°