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Sunset: 21:19
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HR6882

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:09 | Tran: 1:21 | Set: 9:29
Alt: 59.53°   Az: 151.97°   Direction: South

HR6882 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6882 visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, HR6882 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 HR6882 star
DSS2 image of HR6882. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6882 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 23m 12s
+23° 17’ 57”
22h 59m 50s
17h 23m 03s

J2000

18h 22m 08s
+23° 17’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

51.07°
16.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6882.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Hypergiant

-1.17
M0III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6882 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6882. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6882 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 58 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
-58 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85975
SAO85975

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6882 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.7°
Max altitude: 61.8°
Azimuth: 293.3°