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HR6836

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:24 | Tran: 15:33 | Set: 18:42
Alt: -40.82°   Az: 274.59°   Direction: West

HR6836 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6836 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR6836 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 HR6836 star
DSS2 image of HR6836. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6836 during the next 1000 years (2.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 18m 57s
-28° 16’ 41”
08h 04m 16s
02h 23m 14s

J2000

18h 17m 23s
-28° 17’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

4.01°
-5.74°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6836 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6836.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Hypergiant

4.04
G0V
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6836 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6836. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6836 is distant 96.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

29.66
96.68
7 km/s
0.134 arcsec/y
-0.156"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186593
SAO186593

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6836 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.3°
Max altitude: 10.2°
Azimuth: 241.7°