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north SunriseRise: 7:41  
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HR7677

Altitude: -15.3°   Azimuth: 0.7°   Direction: North

HR7677 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Vulpecula.

HR7677 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7677 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7677:

6.45
Main-sequence

HR7677 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -15.3°
Azimuth: 0.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7677

HR7677 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7677 are provided in the following table:

20h 04m 58s
+23° 12’ 37”
61.91°
-4.49°
Vulpecula

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7677 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7677 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7677.

Visibility of HR7677 from your location

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

Today's HR7677 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.8°
Max altitude: 61.7°
Azimuth: 293.2°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7677

The image below is a photograph of HR7677 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7677 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7677 star
DSS2 image of HR7677. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7677 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7677 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7677 is distant 373.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

114.42 pc
373.00 ly
-22 km/s
0.006 arcsec/year
-0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7677

HR7677 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.16
A5V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7677 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7677. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7677

SAO88163
SAO88163