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TimezoneAtlantic/Bermuda
Sunrise: 6:19 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 20:27
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HR6777

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:02 | Tran: 0:28 | Set: 4:51
Alt: 24.90°   Az: 179.59°   Direction: South

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.

Image of HR6777 star
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

18h 11m 40s
-32° 42’ 46”
23h 58m 13s
18h 09m 54s

J2000

18h 09m 59s
-32° 43’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

359.32°
-6.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6777.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.43
Hypergiant

1.19
K0IV
4695K

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

HR 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.

111.86
364.65
10 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.149"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209794
SAO209794

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6777 rise, transit and set times from Saint George, Bermuda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Atlantic/Bermuda):

Azimuth: 122.7°
Max altitude: 24.9°
Azimuth: 237.3°