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HR7941

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:28 | Tran: 5:07 | Set: 12:42
Alt: 45.26°   Az: 123.77°   Direction: South-East

HR7941 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Delphinus.

HR7941 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR7941 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 HR7941 star
DSS2 image of HR7941. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7941 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 46m 38s
+18° 11’ 02”
21h 27m 55s
18h 14m 33s

J2000

20h 45m 28s
+18° 05’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

62.98°
-15.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7941.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Bright giant

-1.52
M5II
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7941 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7941. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7941 is distant 1,239.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

380.23
1,239.54
-21 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO106458
SAO106458

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7941 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.8°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 288.2°