HR6772

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:02 | Tran: 8:24 | Set: 9:47

Alt: -59.73° Az: 284.50° Direction: West-North-West

HR6772 is a bright giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6772 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR6772 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR6772. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6772 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 11m 04s

Declination -36° 39’ 58”

Hour Angle 09h 30m 07s

Sidereal Time 03h 41m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 09m 22s

Declination -36° 40’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.75°

Galactic Latitude -8.17°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.58

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -23.42

Spectral Type B1II

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6772 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6772. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6772 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165793

SAO Catalogue SAO209779

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88947

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3612265

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6772 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7° RISE 7:02

Max altitude: 1.9° TRANSIT 8:24

Azimuth: 233.3° SET 9:47

Set Location

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