HR6759

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -10.92° Az: 158.31° Direction: South

HR6759 is a double bright giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6759 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR6759 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 HR6759. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6759 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 10m 23s

Declination -45° 45’ 40”

Hour Angle 21h 54m 38s

Sidereal Time 16h 05m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 08m 30s

Declination -45° 46’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 347.45°

Galactic Latitude -12.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6759.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -0.84

Spectral Type B7II

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6759 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6759. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6759 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6759 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.15

Secondary star magnitude 9.75

Magnitude difference 3.6

Separation 4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6759 is distant 815.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 250.00

Distance (light year) 815.00

Radial Speed -35 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165493

SAO Catalogue SAO228734

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88859

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4512215

Visibility from Your Location

HR6759 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Ara