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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR6728

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:28 | Tran: 23:05 | Set: 2:42
Alt: -10.76°   Az: 316.68°   Direction: North-West

HR6728 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6728 visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, HR6728 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 HR6728 star
DSS2 image of HR6728. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6728 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 00m 39s
+45° 30’ 05”
04h 56m 23s
22h 57m 03s

J2000

17h 59m 56s
+45° 30’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

72.45°
27.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6728.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Hypergiant

-0.69
M0III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6728 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6728. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6728 is distant 610.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

187.27
610.49
-10 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO47121
SAO47121

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6728 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 44.5°
Max altitude: 14.8°
Azimuth: 315.5°