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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR6842

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:28 | Tran: 2:52 | Set: 6:11
Alt: -65.55°   Az: 359.99°   Direction: North

HR6842 is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6842 visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6842 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR6842 star
DSS2 image of HR6842. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6842 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 19m 38s
-27° 01’ 51”
11h 59m 58s
06h 19m 37s

J2000

18h 18m 03s
-27° 02’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

5.18°
-5.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6842.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.65
Bright giant

-2.01
K3II
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6842 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6842. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6842 is distant 699.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

214.59
699.57
-17 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186612
SAO186612

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6842 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.0°
Max altitude: 11.5°
Azimuth: 243.0°