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Sunset: 20:42
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HR6803

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:14 | Tran: 3:42 | Set: 11:07
Alt: 54.23°   Az: 164.70°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6803 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6803 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR6803 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 HR6803 star
DSS2 image of HR6803. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6803 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 11m 16s
+16° 28’ 59”
23h 22m 58s
17h 34m 15s

J2000

18h 10m 08s
+16° 28’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

43.39°
16.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6803.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Main-sequence

-2.23
B9V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6803 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6803. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6803 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6803 double sysyem:

6.09
6.89
0.8
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6803 is distant 1,502.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

460.83
1,502.30
-13 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103443
SAO103443

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6803 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.5°
Max altitude: 55.0°
Azimuth: 286.5°