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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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HR6834

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:57 | Tran: 1:11 | Set: 7:21
Alt: 8.05°   Az: 263.68°   Direction: South-West

HR6834 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6834 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR6834 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 HR6834 star
DSS2 image of HR6834. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6834 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 17m 22s
+02° 23’ 17”
05h 20m 14s
23h 37m 37s

J2000

18h 16m 05s
+02° 22’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

31.01°
8.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6834.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.01
Giant

-0.67
M4III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6834 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6834. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6834 is distant 705.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

216.45
705.63
22 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123308
SAO123308

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6834 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.6°
Max altitude: 40.9°
Azimuth: 272.4°