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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:18
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HR7898

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:39 | Tran: 17:24 | Set: 21:09
Alt: -34.62°   Az: 85.21°   Direction: East

HR7898 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7898 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR7898 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 HR7898 star
DSS2 image of HR7898. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7898 during the next 1000 years (8.18 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 41m 39s
-23° 41’ 04”
16h 14m 17s
12h 55m 56s

J2000

20h 40m 11s
-23° 46’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

21.25°
-33.77°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7898 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7898.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Main-sequence

5.54
G8V
5534K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7898 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7898. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7898 is distant 47.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

14.65
47.74
-45 km/s
0.491 arcsec/y
0.464"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO189549
SAO189549

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7898 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.7°
Max altitude: 14.8°
Azimuth: 246.3°