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HR6793

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:01 | Tran: 2:33 | Set: 13:01
Alt: 68.70°   Az: 233.21°   Direction: South-West

HR6793 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6793 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, HR6793 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 HR6793 star
DSS2 image of HR6793. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6793 during the next 1000 years (-1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 08m 55s
+36° 24’ 23”
01h 24m 44s
19h 33m 39s

J2000

18h 08m 02s
+36° 24’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

63.08°
23.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6793.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Giant

1.45
K2III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6793 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6793. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6793 is distant 208.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

63.86
208.17
-7 km/s
-0.095 arcsec/y
-0.183"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66666
SAO66666

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6793 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.6°
Max altitude: 74.9°
Azimuth: 306.4°