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HR6873

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:34 | Tran: 8:59 | Set: 15:25
Alt: 14.69°   Az: 99.89°   Direction: East

HR6873 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6873 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR6873 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 HR6873 star
DSS2 image of HR6873. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6873 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 22m 42s
+05° 26’ 57”
19h 07m 14s
13h 29m 56s

J2000

18h 21m 28s
+05° 26’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

34.39°
9.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6873.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Main-sequence

-3.94
B3V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6873 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6873. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6873 is distant 3,360.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

1,030.93
3,360.82
-18 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123385
SAO123385

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6873 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.6°
Max altitude: 44.0°
Azimuth: 275.4°