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HR7832

Altitude: 9.2°   Azimuth: 174.8°   Direction: South

HR7832 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR7832 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7832 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 HR7832:

6.39
Main-sequence

HR7832 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.2°
Azimuth: 174.8°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7832

HR7832 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7832 are provided in the following table:

20h 30m 56s
-29° 06’ 45”
14.42°
-33.29°
Microscopium

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7832 in the sky:

Finder chart HR7832 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7832.

Visibility of HR7832 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 HR7832 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: 119.1°
Max altitude: 9.4°
Azimuth: 240.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7832

The image below is a photograph of HR7832 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 HR7832 is 0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR7832 star
DSS2 image of HR7832. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7832 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR7832 from the Sun and relative movement

HR7832 is distant 593.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

182.15 pc
593.81 ly
-20 km/s
0.015 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR7832

HR7832 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.09
A5V
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7832 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7832. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR7832

SAO189374
SAO189374