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HR6727

Altitude: 1.6°   Azimuth: 130.9°   Direction: South-East

HR6727 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6727 visual magnitude is 6.74. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6727 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR6727 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6727 star
DSS2 image of HR6727. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6727 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR6727

6.74
Hypergiant

HR6727 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 1.6°
Azimuth: 130.9°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6727

HR6727 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6727 are provided in the following table:

18h 03m 01s
-22° 43’ 05”
7.34°
-0.23°
Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6727 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6727 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6727.

Visibility of HR6727 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6727 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.7°
Max altitude: 15.8°
Azimuth: 247.3°

Distance of HR6727 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6727 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00 pc
32,600,000.00 ly
-7 km/s
0.003 arcsec/year
0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6727

HR6727 belongs to spectral class B0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-23.26
B0III
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6727 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6727. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6727

SAO186169
SAO186169