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HR6893

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:48 | Tran: 8:56 | Set: 11:05
Alt: 1.52°   Az: 201.58°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6893 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6893 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR6893 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 HR6893 star
DSS2 image of HR6893. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6893 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 27m 34s
-33° 55’ 44”
01h 45m 12s
20h 12m 46s

J2000

18h 25m 54s
-33° 56’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

359.75°
-9.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6893.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Sub-giant

-1.05
B5IV
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6893 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6893. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6893 is distant 961.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

294.99
961.65
-6 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO210135
SAO210135

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6893 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.9°
Max altitude: 4.6°
Azimuth: 236.1°