HR6874

HR6874 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6874 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6874 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6874:

Color of HR6874 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6874 5.55

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6874 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6874

HR6874 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6874 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 23m 28s

Declination J2000 -36° 14’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 357.44°

Galactic Latitude -10.5°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6874 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6874.

Visibility of HR6874 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6874 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.2° RISE 5:26

Max altitude: 2.3° TRANSIT 6:57

Azimuth: 233.8° SET 8:29

RIGHT NOW HR6874 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6874

The image below is a photograph of HR6874 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6874 is 0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6874. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6874 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6874 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6874 is distant 319.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.94 pc

Distance (light year) 319.29 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6874

HR6874 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.60

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature of HR6874 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6874 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6874. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6874

Henry Draper Catalogue HD168838

SAO Catalogue SAO210075

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90124

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3612537

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