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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 6:59  
clear_day Transit: 12:48  
SunsetSet: 18:36 south
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HR7605

Altitude: -70.4°   Azimuth: 54.6°   Direction: North-East

HR7605 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7605 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7605 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 HR7605:

6.55
Main-sequence

HR7605 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -70.4°
Azimuth: 54.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7605

HR7605 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7605 are provided in the following table:

19h 57m 41s
-38° 03’ 29”
2.33°
-28.74°
Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7605 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7605 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7605.

Visibility of HR7605 from your location

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

Today's HR7605 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.1°
Max altitude: 0.5°
Azimuth: 231.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7605

The image below is a photograph of HR7605 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 HR7605 is 0.089 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.083 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7605 star
DSS2 image of HR7605. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7605 during the next 10000 years (14.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7605 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7605 is distant 171.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

52.69 pc
171.76 ly
-31 km/s
0.089 arcsec/year
-0.083 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7605

HR7605 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.94
F4V
6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7605 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7605. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7605

SAO211686
SAO211686