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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6906

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:52 | Tran: 9:08 | Set: 16:24
Alt: -16.25°   Az: 322.98°   Direction: North-West

HR6906 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6906 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR6906 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 HR6906 star
DSS2 image of HR6906. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6906 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 27m 03s
+14° 58’ 58”
09h 32m 59s
04h 00m 03s

J2000

18h 25m 55s
+14° 58’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

43.6°
12.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6906.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Main-sequence

1.07
B9V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6906 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6906. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6906 is distant 373.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

114.68
373.85
-21 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103709
SAO103709

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6906 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.0°
Max altitude: 53.5°
Azimuth: 285.0°