HR6785

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:25 | Tran: 3:15 | Set: 8:01

Alt: -48.03° Az: 35.04° Direction: North-East

HR6785 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6785 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR6785 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 HR6785. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6785 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 11m 09s

Declination -13° 55’ 40”

Hour Angle 13h 33m 12s

Sidereal Time 07h 44m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 09m 43s

Declination -13° 56’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 15.79°

Galactic Latitude 2.67°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature 3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6785 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6785. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6785 is distant 669.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 205.34

Distance (light year) 669.40

Radial Speed -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD166103

SAO Catalogue SAO161125

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88981

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 4863

FK5 Catalogue 1472

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6785 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.9° RISE 22:25

Max altitude: 24.6° TRANSIT 3:15

Azimuth: 256.1° SET 8:01

Set Location

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