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TimezoneEurope/Minsk
Sunrise: 4:41 
Transit: 13:11 
Sunset: 21:40
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HR6902

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:06 | Tran: 0:49 | Set: 7:36
Alt: -27.87°   Az: 357.13°   Direction: North

HR6902 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6902 visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, HR6902 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 HR6902 star
DSS2 image of HR6902. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6902 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 26m 52s
+08° 02’ 53”
11h 49m 44s
06h 16m 37s

J2000

18h 25m 38s
+08° 01’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

37.21°
9.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6902.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65
Giant

-1.32
G8III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6902 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6902. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6902 is distant 806.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

247.52
806.93
-8 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123462
SAO123462

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6902 rise, transit and set times from Октябрьский, Belarus are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Minsk):

Azimuth: 82.0°
Max altitude: 44.0°
Azimuth: 278.0°