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HR6798

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:19 | Tran: 8:30 | Set: 12:41
Alt: 13.02°   Az: 211.83°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6798 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6798 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR6798 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 HR6798 star
DSS2 image of HR6798. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6798 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 12m 44s
-19° 50’ 05”
02h 12m 25s
20h 25m 09s

J2000

18h 11m 14s
-19° 50’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

10.79°
-0.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6798.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Main-sequence

1.12
A4V
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6798 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6798. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6798 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6798 double sysyem:

6.36
6.76
0.4
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6798 is distant 364.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

111.86
364.65
-32 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO161153
SAO161153

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6798 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.8°
Max altitude: 18.7°
Azimuth: 250.2°