HR7877
HR7877 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Capricornus.
HR7877 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its reltive faintness, HR7877 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 HR7877:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR7877
HR7877 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR7877 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR7877 in the sky:
Visibility of HR7877 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's HR7877 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of HR7877
The image below is a photograph of HR7877 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 HR7877 is 0.064 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of HR7877 from the Sun and relative movement
HR7877 is distant 164.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of HR7877
HR7877 belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7877 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
