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HR6797

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:24 | Tran: 19:38 | Set: 1:55
Alt: -32.48°   Az: 25.37°   Direction: North-North-East

HR6797 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6797 visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, HR6797 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 HR6797 star
DSS2 image of HR6797. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6797 during the next 1000 years (0.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 11m 08s
+03° 07’ 33”
13h 24m 53s
07h 36m 01s

J2000

18h 09m 53s
+03° 07’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

30.97°
10.66°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6797 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6797.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Main-sequence

2.33
F5V
6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6797 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6797. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6797 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6797 double sysyem:

5.69
10.89
5.2
103.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6797 is distant 153.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

46.95
153.05
-14 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.192"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123198
SAO123198

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6797 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.9°
Max altitude: 41.6°
Azimuth: 273.1°