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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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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.

Image of HR6785 star
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

18h 11m 09s
-13° 55’ 40”
13h 33m 12s
07h 44m 22s

J2000

18h 09m 43s
-13° 56’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

15.79°
2.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6785.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Hypergiant

-0.17
K0
3918K

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

HR 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.

205.34
669.40
-20 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO161125
SAO161125

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°
Max altitude: 24.6°
Azimuth: 256.1°