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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:16
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HR7788

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:53 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 22:12
Alt: -11.97°   Az: 90.38°   Direction: East

HR7788 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7788 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR7788 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 HR7788 star
DSS2 image of HR7788. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7788 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 24m 21s
-09° 34’ 24”
17h 31m 04s
13h 55m 26s

J2000

20h 23m 00s
-09° 39’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

34.55°
-24.7°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7788 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7788.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Giant

0.67
G5III
4970K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7788 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7788. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7788 is distant 435.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

133.51
435.25
-17 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144361
SAO144361

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7788 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.6°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 260.4°