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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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HR7007

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:38 | Tran: 23:57 | Set: 5:20
Alt: -42.53°   Az: 329.09°   Direction: North-North-West

HR7007 is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR7007 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR7007 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 HR7007 star
DSS2 image of HR7007. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7007 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 41m 23s
-07° 45’ 55”
10h 30m 09s
05h 11m 33s

J2000

18h 40m 00s
-07° 47’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

24.7°
-1.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7007.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Giant

-0.20
K4III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7007 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7007. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7007 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7007 double sysyem:

5.84
10.84
5
19.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7007 is distant 526.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

161.55
526.66
-23 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO142480
SAO142480

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7007 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.8°
Max altitude: 30.8°
Azimuth: 262.2°