HR7893

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:00 | Tran: 22:16 | Set: 0:32

Alt: -44.03° Az: 90.76° Direction: East

HR7893 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR7893 visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, HR7893 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.

DSS2 image of HR7893. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7893 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 41m 52s

Declination -33° 20’ 35”

Hour Angle 15h 57m 32s

Sideral Time 12h 39m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 40m 19s

Declination -33° 25’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 9.85°

Galactic Latitude -36.23°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7893.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.47

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.14

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7893 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7893. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7893 is distant 239.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.31

Distance (light year) 239.00

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD196737

SAO Catalogue SAO212333

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP102014

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3315119

FK5 Catalogue 1540

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7893 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.3° RISE 20:00

Max altitude: 5.2° TRANSIT 22:16

Azimuth: 236.7° SET 0:32

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Microscopium