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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:10 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR6820

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:25 | Tran: 8:24 | Set: 16:22
Alt: 9.50°   Az: 293.37°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6820 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6820 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR6820 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 HR6820 star
DSS2 image of HR6820. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6820 during the next 10000 years (10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 14m 20s
+21° 53’ 19”
06h 50m 35s
01h 04m 56s

J2000

18h 13m 16s
+21° 52’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

48.88°
17.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6820.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

-4.88
K4III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6820 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6820. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6820 is distant 5,174.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 66 kilometers per second.

1,587.30
5,174.60
-66 km/s
0.062 arcsec/y
0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85836
SAO85836

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6820 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.1°
Max altitude: 60.4°
Azimuth: 291.9°