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Sunset: 20:39
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HR6885

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:26 | Tran: 4:03 | Set: 11:36
Alt: 14.45°   Az: 79.38°   Direction: East

HR6885 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6885 visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, HR6885 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 HR6885 star
DSS2 image of HR6885. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6885 during the next 10000 years (11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 23m 56s
+17° 50’ 27”
18h 03m 49s
12h 27m 45s

J2000

18h 22m 49s
+17° 49’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

45.95°
14.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6885.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Giant

-0.38
K3III
4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6885 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6885. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6885 is distant 435.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

133.69
435.83
-19 km/s
0.071 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103655
SAO103655

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6885 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.2°
Max altitude: 56.4°
Azimuth: 287.8°