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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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HR7837

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:58 | Tran: 17:38 | Set: 22:18
Alt: 22.06°   Az: 196.94°   Direction: South-South-West

HR7837 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7837 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR7837 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 HR7837 star
DSS2 image of HR7837. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7837 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 32m 27s
-14° 58’ 16”
01h 04m 56s
21h 37m 24s

J2000

20h 31m 04s
-15° 03’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

29.94°
-28.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7837 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7837.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

1.17
G5
5311K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7837 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7837. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7837 is distant 318.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

97.56
318.05
30 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
-0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO163645
SAO163645

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7837 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.0°
Max altitude: 23.5°
Azimuth: 255.0°