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HR7905

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:02 | Tran: 17:36 | Set: 22:10
Alt: -53.59°   Az: 342.96°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7905 is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR7905 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR7905 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 HR7905 star
DSS2 image of HR7905. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7905 during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 41m 56s
-16° 02’ 04”
11h 18m 17s
08h 00m 13s

J2000

20h 40m 32s
-16° 07’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

29.82°
-31.23°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7905 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7905.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Giant

0.78
G7
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7905 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7905. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7905 is distant 329.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

101.01
329.29
-4 km/s
-0.067 arcsec/y
0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO163783
SAO163783

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7905 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.0°
Max altitude: 22.5°
Azimuth: 254.0°