HR7600

HR7600 is a variable hypergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7600 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7600 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7600:

Color of HR7600 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7600 6.29

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR7600 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 9°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7600

HR7600 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7600 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 19h 53m 01s

Declination J2000 +47° 48’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 81.77°

Galactic Latitude 10.32°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7600 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7600.

Visibility of HR7600 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR7600 is circumpolar and transits at 03:07 UTC (altitude: 86.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7600

The image below is a photograph of HR7600 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7600 is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR7600. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7600 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7600 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7600 is distant 3,018.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 925.93 pc

Distance (light year) 3,018.52 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -65 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7600

HR7600 belongs to spectral class B0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.54

Spectral Type B0III

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature of HR7600 11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7600 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7600. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7600

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188439

SAO Catalogue SAO48940

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97845

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+47 2945

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V819 Cyg

In Evidence

Other stars in Cygnus