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HR7627

Altitude: -4.6°   Azimuth: 176.3°   Direction: South

HR7627 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7627 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7627 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR7627 is 0.023 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about HR7627

6.14
Hypergiant

HR7627 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.6°
Azimuth: 176.3°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7627

HR7627 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 HR7627 are provided in the following table:

20h 00m 26s
-43° 02’ 35”
356.85°
-30.27°
Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7627 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7627 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7627.

Visibility of HR7627 from your location

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

HR7627 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR7627 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
1,101.35 ly
-34 km/s
0.023 arcsec/year
0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7627

HR7627 belongs to spectral class M0 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-1.50
M0II
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

Alternative designations of HR7627

SAO229977
SAO229977