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HR7862

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:30 | Tran: 5:27 | Set: 13:20
Alt: -1.73°   Az: 52.00°   Direction: North-East

HR7862 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Vulpecula.

HR7862 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR7862 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 HR7862 star
DSS2 image of HR7862. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7862 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 35m 17s
+21° 04’ 25”
15h 50m 19s
12h 25m 36s

J2000

20h 34m 09s
+20° 59’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

63.81°
-11.35°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Sub-giant

-1.80
B3IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7862 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7862. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7862 is distant 1,475.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

452.49
1,475.11
3 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO88846
SAO88846

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7862 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.9°
Max altitude: 59.6°
Azimuth: 291.1°