HR7726

Altitude: 13.7° Azimuth: 350.3° Direction: North

HR7726 is a multiple giant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

HR7726 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7726 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR7726:

Color of HR7726 ⬤

Magnitude of HR7726 6.01

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR7726 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 13.7°
Azimuth: 350.3°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7726

HR7726 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7726 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 12m 31s

Declination J2000 +51° 27’ 48”

Galactic Longitude 86.6°

Galactic Latitude 9.47°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7726 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR7726.

Visibility of HR7726 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR7726 is circumpolar and transits at 03:23 UTC (altitude: 90.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7726

The image below is a photograph of HR7726 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR7726 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR7726. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7726 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7726 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7726 is distant 412.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 126.42 pc

Distance (light year) 412.14 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7726

HR7726 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.50

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature of HR7726 4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7726 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7726. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR7726 star system properties

HR7726 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 HR7726 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.01

Secondary star magnitude 11.61

Magnitude difference 5.6

Separation 4 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR7726

Henry Draper Catalogue HD192439

SAO Catalogue SAO32354

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99579

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+51 2796

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS13535

In Evidence

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