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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR6852

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:40 | Tran: 3:19 | Set: 10:54
Alt: 19.64°   Az: 274.73°   Direction: West

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.

Image of HR6852 star
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

18h 19m 14s
+18° 08’ 34”
05h 24m 00s
23h 43m 15s

J2000

18h 18m 07s
+18° 07’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

45.76°
15.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6852.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Main-sequence

-0.81
B9V
9766K

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

HR 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.

228.83
746.00
-27 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103581
SAO103581

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°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 288.1°