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HR6840

HR6840 is a giant star in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6840 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6840 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 HR6840:

6
Giant
HR6840 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6840

HR6840 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6840 are provided in the following table:

18h 16m 53s
-03° 00’ 25”
26.29°
6.29°
Serpens

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6840 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6840 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6840.

Visibility of HR6840 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 HR6840 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: 93.0°
Max altitude: 35.5°
Azimuth: 267.0°
HR6840 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6840

The image below is a photograph of HR6840 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 HR6840 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.268 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6840 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
328.96 ly
2 km/s
0.012 arcsec/year
-0.268 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6840

HR6840 belongs to spectral class G3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

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

Alternative designations of HR6840

SAO142189
SAO142189