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HR6744

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:57 | Tran: 8:41 | Set: 16:25
Alt: 21.13°   Az: 84.69°   Direction: East

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.

Image of HR6744 star
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

18h 04m 19s
+19° 36’ 55”
18h 38m 22s
12h 42m 42s

J2000

18h 03m 14s
+19° 36’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

45.72°
19.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6744.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Hypergiant

1.02
A0V
10002K

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

HR 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.

124.84
406.99
-32 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103334
SAO103334

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°
Max altitude: 58.1°
Azimuth: 289.6°