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HR6711

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:59 | Tran: 8:29 | Set: 18:54
Alt: 35.42°   Az: 74.18°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6711 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6711 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR6711 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 HR6711 star
DSS2 image of HR6711. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6711 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 59m 34s
+36° 17’ 14”
18h 53m 40s
12h 53m 15s

J2000

17h 58m 42s
+36° 17’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

62.37°
25.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6711.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

0.87
G5
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6711 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6711. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6711 is distant 346.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

106.16
346.07
10 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66531
SAO66531

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6711 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.7°
Max altitude: 74.8°
Azimuth: 306.3°