HR7656

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:10 | Tran: 5:34 | Set: 13:53

Alt: 55.05° Az: 128.22° Direction: South-East

HR7656 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

HR7656 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR7656 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 HR7656. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7656 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 02m 49s

Declination +24° 52’ 19”

Hour Angle 22h 01m 03s

Sidereal Time 18h 03m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 01m 44s

Declination +24° 48’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 62.87°

Galactic Latitude -3.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7656.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.88

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.69

Spectral Type B4V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7656 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7656. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7656 is distant 672.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 206.19

Distance (light year) 672.16

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189944

SAO Catalogue SAO88088

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98609

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3975

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7656 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.1° RISE 21:10

Max altitude: 63.4° TRANSIT 5:34

Azimuth: 294.9° SET 13:53

Set Location

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