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HR775

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:44 | Tran: 17:00 | Set: 23:15
Alt: 40.98°   Az: 196.38°   Direction: South-South-West

HR775 is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR775 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR775 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 HR775 star
DSS2 image of HR775. The red arrow shows the motion of HR775 during the next 10000 years (7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 39m 55s
+03° 33’ 01”
00h 49m 16s
03h 29m 12s

J2000

02h 38m 36s
+03° 26’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

167.32°
-49.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR775.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Giant

0.57
G9III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR775 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR775. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR775 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR775 double sysyem:

6.21
9.41
3.2
0.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR775 is distant 437.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

134.05
437.00
2 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO110655
SAO110655

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR775 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.4°
Max altitude: 42.1°
Azimuth: 273.6°