HR6768

Altitude: 68.9° Azimuth: 151.5° Direction: South-South-East

HR6768 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6768 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6768 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6768:

Color of HR6768 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6768 5.71

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6768 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 68.9°
Azimuth: 151.5°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6768

HR6768 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6768 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 05m 49s

Declination J2000 +32° 13’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 58.59°

Galactic Latitude 23.08°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6768 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6768.

Visibility of HR6768 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6768 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.8° RISE 9:26

Max altitude: 70.8° TRANSIT 18:52

Azimuth: 302.2° SET 4:22

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6768

The image below is a photograph of HR6768 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6768 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.026 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6768. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6768 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6768 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6768 is distant 695.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 213.22 pc

Distance (light year) 695.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.026 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6768

HR6768 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.93

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature of HR6768 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6768 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6768. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6768

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165683

SAO Catalogue SAO66626

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88636

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 3047

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