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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:27
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR7771

Altitude: -14.3°   Azimuth: 45.6°   Direction: North-East

HR7771 is a giant star in the constellation of Delphinus.

HR7771 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7771 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR7771 is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7771 star
DSS2 image of HR7771. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7771 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR7771

6.21
Giant

HR7771 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -14.3°
Azimuth: 45.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7771

HR7771 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7771 are provided in the following table:

20h 19m 29s
+13° 13’ 00”
55.22°
-12.74°
Delphinus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7771 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7771 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7771.

Visibility of HR7771 from your location

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

Today's HR7771 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.8°
Max altitude: 51.7°
Azimuth: 283.2°

Distance of HR7771 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7771 is distant 791.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

242.72 pc
791.26 ly
23 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/year
-0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7771

HR7771 belongs to spectral class M1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.72
M1III
3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7771 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7771. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7771

SAO105961
SAO105961