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Sunset: 17:05
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HR6858

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:23 | Tran: 8:58 | Set: 13:33
Alt: -27.29°   Az: 81.04°   Direction: East

HR6858 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6858 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, HR6858 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 HR6858 star
DSS2 image of HR6858. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6858 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 21m 35s
-15° 49’ 08”
16h 23m 20s
10h 44m 55s

J2000

18h 20m 08s
-15° 49’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

15.32°
-0.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6858.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Giant

-0.41
K4III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6858 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6858. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6858 is distant 470.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

144.30
470.42
31 km/s
0.037 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO161348
SAO161348

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6858 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.8°
Max altitude: 22.7°
Azimuth: 254.2°