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public  Saint George, Bermuda Saint George, Bermuda  ⓘ
TimezoneAtlantic/Bermuda
Sunrise: 6:19 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 20:27
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HR6901

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:38 | Tran: 0:42 | Set: 8:41
Alt: 82.94°   Az: 24.37°   Direction: North-North-East

HR6901 is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR6901 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR6901 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 HR6901 star
DSS2 image of HR6901. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6901 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 24m 48s
+38° 45’ 15”
23h 45m 05s
18h 09m 54s

J2000

18h 23m 57s
+38° 44’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

66.53°
21.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6901.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Giant

-0.74
K4III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6901 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6901. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6901 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6901 double sysyem:

6.36
12.46
6.1
61.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6901 is distant 857.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

263.16
857.89
-40 km/s
0.027 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66936
SAO66936

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6901 rise, transit and set times from Saint George, Bermuda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Atlantic/Bermuda):

Azimuth: 51.2°
Max altitude: 83.6°
Azimuth: 308.8°