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Sunset: 20:52
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HR7909

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:08 | Tran: 5:46 | Set: 8:24
Alt: -30.17°   Az: 103.90°   Direction: East-South-East

HR7909 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR7909 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR7909 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 HR7909 star
DSS2 image of HR7909. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7909 during the next 1000 years (1.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.08 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 42m 57s
-31° 30’ 23”
17h 19m 19s
14h 02m 17s

J2000

20h 41m 23s
-31° 35’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

12.13°
-36.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7909.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Hypergiant

0.21
M0III
3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7909 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7909. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7909 is distant 419.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 97 kilometers per second.

128.53
419.02
-97 km/s
0.113 arcsec/y
-0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO212345
SAO212345

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7909 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.5°
Max altitude: 7.0°
Azimuth: 238.5°