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HR7774

Altitude: 22.9°   Azimuth: 262.9°   Direction: West

HR7774 is a star in the constellation of Delphinus.

HR7774 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7774 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 HR7774:

5.95

HR7774 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 22.9°
Azimuth: 262.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7774

HR7774 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 HR7774 are provided in the following table:

20h 20m 00s
+13° 32’ 53”
55.57°
-12.67°
Delphinus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7774 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7774 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7774.

Visibility of HR7774 from your location

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

Today's HR7774 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.5°
Max altitude: 52.1°
Azimuth: 283.5°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7774

The image below is a photograph of HR7774 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 HR7774 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7774 star
DSS2 image of HR7774. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7774 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7774 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7774 is distant 293.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

90.17 pc
293.96 ly
-8 km/s
0.012 arcsec/year
-0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7774

HR7774 belongs to spectral class A5

1.17
A5
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7774 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7774. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7774

SAO105974
SAO105974