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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:38 
Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:10
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HR6840

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:50 | Tran: 19:33 | Set: 1:20
Alt: -31.21°   Az: 48.47°   Direction: North-East

HR6840 is a giant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6840 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR6840 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 HR6840 star
DSS2 image of HR6840. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6840 during the next 1000 years (0.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 18m 10s
-02° 59’ 48”
14h 39m 29s
08h 57m 40s

J2000

18h 16m 53s
-03° 00’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

26.29°
6.29°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6840 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6840.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

0.98
G3III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6840 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6840. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6840 is distant 328.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

100.91
328.96
2 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.268"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO142189
SAO142189

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6840 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.0°
Max altitude: 35.5°
Azimuth: 267.0°