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public  Afonso Cláudio, Brazil Afonso Cláudio, Brazil  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo
Sunrise: 6:21 
Transit: 11:48 
Sunset: 17:16
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HR6702

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:24 | Tran: 23:00 | Set: 3:32
Alt: -54.25°   Az: 322.07°   Direction: North-West

HR6702 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6702 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR6702 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 HR6702 star
DSS2 image of HR6702. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6702 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 57m 32s
+45° 20’ 56”
09h 57m 04s
03h 54m 37s

J2000

17h 56m 48s
+45° 21’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

72.16°
28.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6702.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Bright giant

-1.41
M5II
3594K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6702 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6702. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6702 is distant 1,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

306.75
1,000.00
13 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO47080
SAO47080

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6702 rise, transit and set times from Afonso Cláudio, Brazil are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Sao_Paulo):

Azimuth: 44.7°
Max altitude: 24.6°
Azimuth: 315.3°