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HR6846

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:00 | Tran: 19:31 | Set: 23:02
Alt: -34.99°   Az: 271.87°   Direction: West

HR6846 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6846 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR6846 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6846 star
DSS2 image of HR6846. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6846 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 20m 13s
-25° 35’ 34”
07h 39m 07s
01h 59m 20s

J2000

18h 18m 41s
-25° 36’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

6.53°
-4.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6846 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6846.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Giant

0.42
K1
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6846 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6846. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6846 is distant 538.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

165.29
538.84
-46 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186629
SAO186629

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6846 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.6°
Max altitude: 12.9°
Azimuth: 244.4°