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HR6766

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:12 | Tran: 8:19 | Set: 11:26
Alt: -53.84°   Az: 294.99°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6766 is a double giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6766 visual magnitude is 4.57. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6766 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR6766 star
DSS2 image of HR6766. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6766 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 09m 40s
-28° 27’ 06”
09h 30m 08s
03h 39m 48s

J2000

18h 08m 04s
-28° 27’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

2.89°
-4.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6766.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.57
Giant

-0.57
G7III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6766 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6766. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6766 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6766 double sysyem:

4.57
5.37
0.8
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6766 is distant 347.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

106.61
347.55
-5 km/s
0.027 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186328
SAO186328

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6766 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.5°
Max altitude: 10.1°
Azimuth: 241.5°