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HR6870

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:56 | Tran: 15:19 | Set: 16:41
Alt: -73.62°   Az: 331.05°   Direction: North-North-West

HR6870 is a variable star of spectral class A in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6870 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, HR6870 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 HR6870 star
DSS2 image of HR6870. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6870 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 24m 34s
-36° 39’ 18”
11h 20m 49s
05h 45m 23s

J2000

18h 22m 53s
-36° 40’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

356.99°
-10.58°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6870 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6870.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34

-1.05
A
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6870 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6870. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6870 is distant 618.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

189.75
618.60
-12 km/s
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO210061
SAO210061

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6870 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7°
Max altitude: 1.9°
Azimuth: 233.3°