HR6835

Altitude: -22.8° Azimuth: 252.2° Direction: West-South-West

HR6835 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6835 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6835 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6835:

Color of HR6835 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6835 6.19

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6835 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -22.8°
Azimuth: 252.2°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6835

HR6835 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6835 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 17m 23s

Declination J2000 -28° 39’ 08”

Galactic Longitude 3.69°

Galactic Latitude -5.92°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6835 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6835.

Visibility of HR6835 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6835 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.7° RISE 9:51

Max altitude: 9.9° TRANSIT 12:57

Azimuth: 241.3° SET 16:03

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6835

The image below is a photograph of HR6835 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6835 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6835. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6835 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6835 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6835 is distant 397.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 121.80 pc

Distance (light year) 397.08 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -34 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6835

HR6835 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.76

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature of HR6835 8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6835 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6835. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6835

Henry Draper Catalogue HD167666

SAO Catalogue SAO186594

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89622

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2814407

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