HR6777

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:57 | Tran: 1:25 | Set: 3:49

Alt: -22.94° Az: 245.76° Direction: West-South-West

HR6777 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6777 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its faintness, HR6777 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 HR6777. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6777 during the next 1000 years (0.02 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 11m 40s

Declination -32° 42’ 46”

Hour Angle 05h 45m 32s

Sidereal Time 23h 57m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 09m 59s

Declination -32° 43’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 359.32°

Galactic Latitude -6.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.43

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.19

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6777 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6777. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6777 is distant 364.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.86

Distance (light year) 364.65

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.149"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD165978

SAO Catalogue SAO209794

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89010

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3213814

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6777 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.7° RISE 22:57

Max altitude: 5.8° TRANSIT 1:25

Azimuth: 237.3° SET 3:49

Set Location

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