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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR6776

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:07 | Tran: 3:16 | Set: 10:22
Alt: 45.21°   Az: 138.57°   Direction: South-East

HR6776 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6776 visual magnitude is 6.63. Because of its faintness, HR6776 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6776 star
DSS2 image of HR6776. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6776 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 08m 58s
+13° 04’ 34”
22h 05m 36s
16h 14m 34s

J2000

18h 07m 48s
+13° 04’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

39.92°
15.5°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.63
Main-sequence

0.13
A2V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6776 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6776. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6776 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6776 double sysyem:

6.63
10.43
3.8
42.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6776 is distant 650.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

199.60
650.70
-17 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103406
SAO103406

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6776 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.9°
Max altitude: 51.6°
Azimuth: 283.1°