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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:10 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR6890

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:54 | Tran: 8:35 | Set: 14:15
Alt: 32.21°   Az: 155.46°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6890 is a giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6890 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR6890 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 HR6890 star
DSS2 image of HR6890. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6890 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 25m 22s
-03° 34’ 05”
22h 37m 32s
17h 02m 55s

J2000

18h 24m 03s
-03° 34’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

26.61°
4.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6890.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Giant

2.27
F6III
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6890 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6890. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6890 is distant 215.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

66.23
215.89
-17 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO142274
SAO142274

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6890 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.6°
Max altitude: 35.0°
Azimuth: 266.4°