HR6852

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:21 | Tran: 17:56 | Set: 1:34

Alt: -16.46° Az: 26.79° Direction: North-North-East

HR6852 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6852 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR6852 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 HR6852. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6852 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 19m 13s

Declination +18° 08’ 33”

Hour Angle 13h 48m 13s

Sideral Time 08h 07m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 18m 07s

Declination +18° 07’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 45.76°

Galactic Latitude 15.33°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6852.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.81

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6852 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6852. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6852 is distant 746.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 228.83

Distance (light year) 746.00

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD168270

SAO Catalogue SAO103581

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89684

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 3623

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6852 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.9° RISE 10:21

Max altitude: 56.7° TRANSIT 17:56

Azimuth: 288.1° SET 1:34

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules