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HR7819

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:05 | Tran: 5:41 | Set: 10:17
Alt: 12.63°   Az: 136.51°   Direction: South-East

HR7819 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7819 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR7819 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 HR7819 star
DSS2 image of HR7819. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7819 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 30m 09s
-15° 39’ 21”
21h 03m 06s
17h 33m 15s

J2000

20h 28m 43s
-15° 44’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

28.97°
-28.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7819.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Hypergiant

0.02
K0III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7819 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7819. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7819 is distant 617.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

189.39
617.42
-18 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO163612
SAO163612

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7819 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.7°
Max altitude: 22.9°
Azimuth: 254.3°