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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR7842

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:09 | Tran: 5:45 | Set: 9:22
Alt: -51.58°   Az: 299.85°   Direction: West-North-West

HR7842 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7842 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR7842 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 HR7842 star
DSS2 image of HR7842. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7842 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 34m 22s
-24° 51’ 21”
09h 34m 12s
06h 08m 35s

J2000

20h 32m 52s
-24° 56’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

19.33°
-32.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7842.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

1.20
A0
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7842 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7842. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7842 is distant 350.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

107.41
350.16
-11 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO189416
SAO189416

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7842 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.9°
Max altitude: 13.7°
Azimuth: 245.1°