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HR7706

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.65°   Az: 209.32°   Direction: South-South-West

HR7706 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR7706 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR7706 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 HR7706 star
DSS2 image of HR7706. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7706 during the next 1000 years (-0.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.97 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 14m 06s
-42° 42’ 15”
02h 43m 37s
22h 57m 43s

J2000

20h 12m 23s
-42° 46’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

357.57°
-32.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7706.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Giant

1.10
K1III
4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7706 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7706. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7706 is distant 343.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

105.49
343.88
-1 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.118"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO230100
SAO230100

Visibility from Your Location

HR7706 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK