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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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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.

Image of HR7617 star
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

20h 00m 31s
-30° 28’ 02”
10h 06m 30s
06h 07m 02s

J2000

19h 58m 56s
-30° 32’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

10.62°
-27.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7617.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Giant

2.19
K1III
4626K

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

HR 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.

65.70
214.19
-51 km/s
0.09 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO211708
SAO211708

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°
Max altitude: 8.1°
Azimuth: 239.5°