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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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HR6863

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:23 | Tran: 8:40 | Set: 12:57
Alt: -52.39°   Az: 321.34°   Direction: North-West

HR6863 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6863 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR6863 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 HR6863 star
DSS2 image of HR6863. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6863 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 22m 51s
-18° 50’ 47”
10h 24m 59s
04h 47m 50s

J2000

18h 21m 23s
-18° 51’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

12.79°
-2.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6863.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Supergiant

-2.24
F8I
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6863 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6863. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6863 is distant 1,293.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

396.83
1,293.65
-3 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO161376
SAO161376

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6863 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.8°
Max altitude: 19.7°
Azimuth: 251.2°