HR6880

Altitude: 23.3° Azimuth: 34.5° Direction: North-East

HR6880 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR6880 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6880 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 HR6880:

Color of HR6880 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6880 6.3

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6880 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 23.3°
Azimuth: 34.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6880

HR6880 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6880 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 19m 56s

Declination J2000 +51° 20’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 79.61°

Galactic Latitude 25.61°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6880 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6880.

Visibility of HR6880 from your location

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

HR6880 is circumpolar and transits at 01:27 UTC (altitude: 89.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6880

The image below is a photograph of HR6880 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 HR6880 is -0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.052 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6880. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6880 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6880 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6880 is distant 410.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.79 pc

Distance (light year) 410.06 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.052 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6880

HR6880 belongs to spectral class K1

Absolute magnitude 0.80

Spectral Type K1

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature of HR6880 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6880 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6880. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6880

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169028

SAO Catalogue SAO30897

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89835

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+51 2357

In Evidence

Other stars in Draco