HR6769

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:38 | Tran: 18:05 | Set: 22:33

Alt: 21.34° Az: 182.56° Direction: South

HR6769 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6769 visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, HR6769 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 HR6769. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6769 during the next 1000 years (-1.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 09m 14s

Declination -17° 08’ 56”

Hour Angle 00h 09m 57s

Sideral Time 18h 19m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 07m 48s

Declination -17° 09’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.75°

Galactic Latitude 1.51°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6769.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.52

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.10

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6769 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6769. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6769 is distant 249.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 76.45

Distance (light year) 249.24

Radial Speed -32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.099 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165687

SAO Catalogue SAO161093

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88816

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 5028

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6769 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.1° RISE 13:38

Max altitude: 21.4° TRANSIT 18:05

Azimuth: 252.9° SET 22:33

Set Location

Other stars in Sagittarius