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HR7976

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:15 | Tran: 11:09 | Set: 16:03
Alt: -1.78°   Az: 252.10°   Direction: West-South-West

HR7976 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR7976 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR7976 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 HR7976 star
DSS2 image of HR7976. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7976 during the next 1000 years (2.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 52m 04s
-12° 26’ 59”
05h 07m 39s
01h 59m 44s

J2000

20h 50m 41s
-12° 32’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

34.83°
-32.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7976.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Giant

1.46
K1
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7976 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7976. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7976 is distant 249.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

76.57
249.62
-44 km/s
0.126 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO163924
SAO163924

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7976 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.4°
Max altitude: 26.1°
Azimuth: 257.6°