HR6692

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:16 | Tran: 17:21 | Set: 20:26

Alt: -62.19° Az: 316.54° Direction: North-West

HR6692 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6692 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR6692 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.

DSS2 image of HR6692. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6692 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 00m 13s

Declination -28° 45’ 34”

Hour Angle 10h 34m 07s

Sidereal Time 04h 34m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 58m 39s

Declination -28° 45’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 1.61°

Galactic Latitude -2.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6692.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.01

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -2.04

Spectral Type B3IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6692 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6692. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6692 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6692 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.01

Secondary star magnitude 7.01

Magnitude difference 1

Separation 0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6692 is distant 1,330.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 408.16

Distance (light year) 1,330.61

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD163685

SAO Catalogue SAO186025

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88012

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2813936

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6692 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.8° RISE 14:16

Max altitude: 9.8° TRANSIT 17:21

Azimuth: 241.2° SET 20:26

Set Location

Other stars in Sagittarius