HR6744

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:10 | Tran: 0:54 | Set: 8:42

Alt: -15.49° Az: 24.83° Direction: South

HR6744 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6744 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR6744 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.

DSS2 image of HR6744. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6744 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 04m 20s

Declination +19° 36’ 55”

Hour Angle 13h 41m 45s

Sidereal Time 07h 46m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 03m 14s

Declination +19° 36’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 45.72°

Galactic Latitude 19.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.02

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6744 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6744. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6744 is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Radial Speed -32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165029

SAO Catalogue SAO103334

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88429

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 3508

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6744 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.4° RISE 17:10

Max altitude: 58.1° TRANSIT 0:54

Azimuth: 289.6° SET 8:42

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules