HR6843

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:00 | Tran: 1:13 | Set: 6:21

Alt: -36.74° Az: 53.24° Direction: South-South-West

HR6843 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6843 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR6843 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.

DSS2 image of HR6843. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6843 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 18m 48s

Declination -09° 44’ 50”

Hour Angle 14h 42m 36s

Sidereal Time 09h 01m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 17m 24s

Declination -09° 45’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 20.36°

Galactic Latitude 3.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6843.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.38

Temperature 6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6843 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6843. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6843 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 131.93

Distance (light year) 430.08

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD167833

SAO Catalogue SAO142192

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89623

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 4678

FK5 Catalogue 1475

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6843 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.7° RISE 20:00

Max altitude: 28.8° TRANSIT 1:13

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 6:21

Set Location

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