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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:31 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:19
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HR7991

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:38 | Tran: 22:25 | Set: 1:16
Alt: -39.19°   Az: 268.22°   Direction: West

HR7991 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR7991 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR7991 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 HR7991 star
DSS2 image of HR7991. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7991 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 54m 55s
-30° 37’ 26”
07h 43m 16s
04h 38m 11s

J2000

20h 53m 25s
-30° 43’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

13.89°
-38.4°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR7991 star
Simplified finder chart for HR7991.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Giant

0.29
K1III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7991 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7991. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7991 is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

162.87
530.94
-7 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO212521
SAO212521

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7991 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.6°
Max altitude: 7.9°
Azimuth: 239.4°