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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR7678

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:19 | Tran: 10:46 | Set: 20:13
Alt: 37.28°   Az: 83.01°   Direction: East

HR7678 is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7678 visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, HR7678 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 HR7678 star
DSS2 image of HR7678. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7678 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 05m 35s
+32° 17’ 28”
19h 23m 33s
15h 29m 08s

J2000

20h 04m 36s
+32° 13’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

69.49°
0.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7678.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.64
Supergiant

-7.46
B1I
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7678 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7678. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7678 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7678 double sysyem:

5.64
10.14
4.5
32.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7678 is distant 13,583.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

4,166.67
13,583.33
21 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO69362
SAO69362

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7678 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.7°
Max altitude: 70.8°
Azimuth: 302.3°