HR6748

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:31 | Tran: 19:07 | Set: 20:43

Alt: -68.13° Az: 306.52° Direction: North-West

HR6748 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6748 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR6748 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 HR6748. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6748 during the next 1000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 08m 03s

Declination -36° 00’ 55”

Hour Angle 10h 33m 06s

Sideral Time 04h 41m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 06m 23s

Declination -36° 01’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.04°

Galactic Latitude -7.33°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6748.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.75

Spectral Type G5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.62

Temperature 5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6748 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6748. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6748 is distant 56.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 17.37

Distance (light year) 56.62

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.11 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165185

SAO Catalogue SAO209710

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88694

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3612214

Gliese Catalogue Gl 702.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6748 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.0° RISE 17:31

Max altitude: 2.5° TRANSIT 19:07

Azimuth: 234.0° SET 20:43

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sagittarius