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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR7709

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:39 | Tran: 10:53 | Set: 16:06
Alt: -8.21°   Az: 266.21°   Direction: West

HR7709 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7709 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR7709 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 HR7709 star
DSS2 image of HR7709. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7709 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 12m 31s
-08° 45’ 58”
06h 08m 45s
02h 21m 17s

J2000

20h 11m 10s
-08° 50’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

33.97°
-21.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7709.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.49
Main-sequence

-11.12
B1V
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7709 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7709. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7709 is distant 108,666.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

33,333.33
108,666.67
-7 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144144
SAO144144

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7709 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.8°
Max altitude: 29.8°
Azimuth: 261.2°