HR6844

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:03 | Tran: 3:10 | Set: 9:13

Alt: 28.97° Az: 131.52° Direction: South-East

HR6844 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6844 visual magnitude is 6.63. Because of its faintness, HR6844 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR6844. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6844 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 18m 22s

Declination +01° 01’ 00”

Hour Angle 21h 16m 15s

Sidereal Time 15h 34m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 17m 04s

Declination +01° 00’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 29.89°

Galactic Latitude 8.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6844.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.63

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.65

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.31

Temperature 7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6844 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6844. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6844 is distant 204.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 62.58

Distance (light year) 204.01

Radial Speed -34 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD167858

SAO Catalogue SAO123320

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89601

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 3907

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6844 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.0° RISE 21:03

Max altitude: 39.5° TRANSIT 3:10

Azimuth: 271.0° SET 9:13

Set Location

Other stars in Ophiuchus