HR6768

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:38 | Tran: 5:08 | Set: 14:35

Alt: 12.50° Az: 53.21° Direction: North-East

HR6768 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6768 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR6768 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 06m 46s

Declination +32° 14’ 03”

Hour Angle 16h 30m 18s

Sidereal Time 10h 37m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 05m 49s

Declination +32° 13’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 58.59°

Galactic Latitude 23.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.93

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 695.10

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165683

SAO Catalogue SAO66626

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88636

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 3047

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 57.8° RISE 19:38

Max altitude: 70.8° TRANSIT 5:08

Azimuth: 302.2° SET 14:35

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules