HR7696

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:23 | Tran: 19:49 | Set: 3:20

Alt: 30.72° Az: 102.05° Direction: East-South-East

HR7696 is a giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Sagitta.

HR7696 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR7696 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 HR7696. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7696 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 09m 14s

Declination +16° 44’ 15”

Hour Angle 19h 54m 26s

Sideral Time 16h 03m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 08m 06s

Declination +16° 39’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 56.71°

Galactic Latitude -8.58°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7696.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -4.15

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.91

Temperature 3266K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7696 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7696. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7696 is distant 4,233.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,298.70

Distance (light year) 4,233.77

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD191178

SAO Catalogue SAO105733

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99176

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 4153

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7696 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.3° RISE 12:23

Max altitude: 55.3° TRANSIT 19:49

Azimuth: 286.7° SET 3:20

Set Location

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