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HR6838

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:10 | Tran: 8:36 | Set: 13:02
Alt: -34.72°   Az: 73.28°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6838 is a bright giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6838 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR6838 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 HR6838 star
DSS2 image of HR6838. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6838 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 18m 39s
-17° 21’ 46”
15h 42m 14s
10h 00m 54s

J2000

18h 17m 11s
-17° 22’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

13.63°
-0.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6838.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Bright giant

-1.78
K4II
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6838 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6838. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6838 is distant 1,044.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

320.51
1,044.87
-7 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO161260
SAO161260

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6838 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.4°
Max altitude: 21.2°
Azimuth: 252.6°