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HR7627

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.98°   Az: 215.40°   Direction: South-West

HR7627 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7627 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR7627 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 HR7627 star
DSS2 image of HR7627. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7627 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 02m 11s
-42° 58’ 19”
03h 20m 47s
23h 22m 59s

J2000

20h 00m 26s
-43° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

356.85°
-30.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7627.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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6.14
Hypergiant

-1.50
M0II
1.64
3594K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7627 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7627. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7627 is distant 1,101.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

337.84
1,101.35
-34 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

HD189140
SAO229977
SAO229977
HIP98485
CD-4313735

Visibility from Your Location

HR7627 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK