HR6755

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:41 | Tran: 1:01 | Set: 6:17

Alt: -33.65° Az: 56.14° Direction: South-South-West

HR6755 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6755 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR6755 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 HR6755. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6755 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 07m 30s

Declination -08° 19’ 10”

Hour Angle 14h 57m 16s

Sidereal Time 09h 04m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 06m 07s

Declination -08° 19’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 20.3°

Galactic Latitude 6.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.85

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.36

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.21

Temperature 8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6755 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6755. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6755 is distant 569.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 174.83

Distance (light year) 569.93

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165402

SAO Catalogue SAO142083

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88670

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 4558

FK5 Catalogue 3436

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6755 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.3° RISE 19:41

Max altitude: 30.2° TRANSIT 1:01

Azimuth: 261.7° SET 6:17

Set Location

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