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HR7946

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:05 | Tran: 5:55 | Set: 11:42
Alt: 17.71°   Az: 118.13°   Direction: East-South-East

HR7946 is a star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR7946 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR7946 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 HR7946 star
DSS2 image of HR7946. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7946 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 48m 22s
-02° 23’ 32”
20h 11m 04s
16h 59m 27s

J2000

20h 47m 03s
-02° 29’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

44.66°
-26.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7946.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27

-0.64
K2
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7946 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7946. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7946 is distant 787.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

241.55
787.44
28 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144802
SAO144802

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7946 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.4°
Max altitude: 36.1°
Azimuth: 267.6°