HR6894

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -39.07° Az: 121.30° Direction: South-South-West

HR6894 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Telescopium.

HR6894 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, HR6894 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.

DSS2 image of HR6894. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6894 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 28m 49s

Declination -48° 05’ 59”

Hour Angle 17h 33m 33s

Sidereal Time 12h 02m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 26m 53s

Declination -48° 07’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 346.61°

Galactic Latitude -16.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.59

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.84

Temperature 5163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6894 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6894. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6894 is distant 529.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 162.34

Distance (light year) 529.22

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169405

SAO Catalogue SAO229021

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90414

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4812505

Visibility from Your Location

HR6894 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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