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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR6726

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:08 | Tran: 8:50 | Set: 18:28
Alt: 70.90°   Az: 160.03°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6726 is a giant star of spectral class K6 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6726 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR6726 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 HR6726 star
DSS2 image of HR6726. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6726 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 01m 31s
+33° 12’ 52”
23h 29m 18s
17h 30m 49s

J2000

18h 00m 36s
+33° 12’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

59.24°
24.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6726.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Giant

-0.81
K6
3779K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6726 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6726. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6726 is distant 746.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

228.83
746.00
-16 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66551
SAO66551

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6726 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.8°
Max altitude: 71.7°
Azimuth: 303.2°