HR7617

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:44 | Tran: 4:32 | Set: 7:21

Alt: -60.35° Az: 304.12° Direction: North-West

HR7617 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7617 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR7617 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.

DSS2 image of HR7617. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7617 during the next 10000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 00m 31s

Declination -30° 28’ 02”

Hour Angle 10h 06m 30s

Sidereal Time 06h 07m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 58m 56s

Declination -30° 32’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 10.62°

Galactic Latitude -27.01°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.28

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.19

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7617 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7617. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7617 is distant 214.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 51 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 65.70

Distance (light year) 214.19

Radial Speed -51 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.09 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188981

SAO Catalogue SAO211708

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98351

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3017525

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7617 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.5° RISE 1:44

Max altitude: 8.1° TRANSIT 4:32

Azimuth: 239.5° SET 7:21

Set Location

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