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HR7568

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:05 | Tran: 10:16 | Set: 21:24
Alt: 2.52°   Az: 21.27°   Direction: North-North-East

HR7568 is a bright giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7568 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR7568 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 HR7568 star
DSS2 image of HR7568. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7568 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 51m 41s
+37° 53’ 29”
13h 49m 21s
09h 41m 02s

J2000

19h 50m 47s
+37° 49’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

72.81°
5.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7568.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Bright giant

-4.03
M4II
3516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7568 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7568. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7568 is distant 3,395.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

1,041.67
3,395.83
-16 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO68953
SAO68953

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7568 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.1°
Max altitude: 76.4°
Azimuth: 307.9°