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HR6805

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -78.37°   Az: 174.82°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6805 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pavo.

HR6805 visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its faintness, HR6805 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 HR6805 star
DSS2 image of HR6805. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6805 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 18m 06s
-63° 02’ 42”
12h 09m 12s
06h 27m 18s

J2000

18h 15m 40s
-63° 03’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

331.4°
-20.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6805.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.6
Hypergiant

0.81
K0III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6805 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6805. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6805 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 HR6805 double sysyem:

5.6
11.2
5.6
41.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6805 is distant 295.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

90.74
295.83
-7 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO254189
SAO254189

Visibility from Your Location

HR6805 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK