HR7655

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:44 | Tran: 4:34 | Set: 15:20

Alt: 1.35° Az: 340.17° Direction: North-North-West

HR7655 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7655 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR7655 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 HR7655. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7655 during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 02m 11s

Declination +37° 10’ 13”

Hour Angle 10h 19m 15s

Sidereal Time 06h 21m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 01m 15s

Declination +37° 05’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 73.26°

Galactic Latitude 3.56°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.2

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.24

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.31

Temperature 4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7655 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7655. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7655 is distant 1,003.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 307.69

Distance (light year) 1,003.08

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189942

SAO Catalogue SAO69267

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98563

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 3820

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7655 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.8° RISE 17:44

Max altitude: 75.7° TRANSIT 4:34

Azimuth: 307.2° SET 15:20

Set Location

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