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Sunset: 17:01
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HR7703

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:22 | Tran: 10:57 | Set: 12:33
Alt: -39.82°   Az: 259.51°   Direction: West

HR7703 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7703 visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, HR7703 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 HR7703 star
DSS2 image of HR7703. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7703 during the next 100 years (0.76 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 12m 49s
-36° 01’ 29”
07h 23m 51s
03h 36m 40s

J2000

20h 11m 11s
-36° 06’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

5.26°
-30.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7703.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.32
Main-sequence

6.41
K3V
5078K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7703 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7703. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7703 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7703 double sysyem:

5.32
9.32
4
arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7703 is distant 19.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 130 kilometers per second.

6.05
19.73
-130 km/s
0.458 arcsec/y
-1.571"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO211885
SAO211885
Gl 783 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7703 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.0°
Max altitude: 2.5°
Azimuth: 234.0°