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HR6831

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:09 | Tran: 9:04 | Set: 18:00
Alt: 7.95°   Az: 308.01°   Direction: North-West

HR6831 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6831 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR6831 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6831 star
DSS2 image of HR6831. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6831 during the next 1000 years (0.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 15m 42s
+29° 12’ 59”
07h 46m 27s
02h 02m 10s

J2000

18h 14m 44s
+29° 12’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

56.22°
20.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6831.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.56
Main-sequence

3.45
F8V
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6831 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6831. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6831 is distant 136.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

41.95
136.74
3 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.249"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85856
SAO85856

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6831 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.8°
Max altitude: 67.7°
Azimuth: 299.2°