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HR7629

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:41 | Tran: 10:38 | Set: 11:36
Alt: -76.03°   Az: 8.41°   Direction: North

HR7629 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7629 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR7629 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 HR7629 star
DSS2 image of HR7629. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7629 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 01m 55s
-37° 37’ 54”
12h 10m 13s
08h 12m 08s

J2000

20h 00m 15s
-37° 42’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

2.86°
-29.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7629.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

1.02
G8III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7629 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7629. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7629 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7629 double sysyem:

5.95
13.55
7.6
23 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7629 is distant 315.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

96.81
315.59
23 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO211719
SAO211719

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7629 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.6°
Max altitude: 0.9°
Azimuth: 232.4°