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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:15
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HR6861

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:21 | Tran: 14:58 | Set: 18:34
Alt: -61.78°   Az: 24.35°   Direction: North-North-East

HR6861 is a variable giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6861 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR6861 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 HR6861 star
DSS2 image of HR6861. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6861 during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 23m 03s
-24° 54’ 05”
12h 49m 38s
07h 12m 42s

J2000

18h 21m 31s
-24° 54’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

7.44°
-4.99°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6861 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6861.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Giant

-1.51
M5III
3345K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6861 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6861. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6861 is distant 1,164.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

357.14
1,164.29
3 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186699
SAO186699

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6861 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.9°
Max altitude: 13.6°
Azimuth: 245.1°