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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:35 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 19:14
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HR6719

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:55 | Tran: 19:25 | Set: 1:58
Alt: 27.31°   Az: 116.83°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6719 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6719 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR6719 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 HR6719 star
DSS2 image of HR6719. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6719 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 02m 05s
+06° 16’ 09”
20h 28m 21s
14h 30m 27s

J2000

18h 00m 52s
+06° 16’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

32.81°
14.09°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6719 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6719.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Sub-giant

-1.98
B2IV
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6719 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6719. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6719 is distant 1,502.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

460.83
1,502.30
-14 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123017
SAO123017

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6719 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.7°
Max altitude: 44.8°
Azimuth: 276.3°