HR6906

Altitude: -12.6° Azimuth: 314.8° Direction: North-West

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

HR6906 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6906 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6906:

Color of HR6906 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6906 6.37

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6906 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -12.6°
Azimuth: 314.8°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6906

HR6906 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6906 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 25m 55s

Declination J2000 +14° 58’ 00”

Galactic Longitude 43.6°

Galactic Latitude 12.32°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6906 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6906.

Visibility of HR6906 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 75.0° RISE 5:57

Max altitude: 53.5° TRANSIT 13:13

Azimuth: 285.0° SET 20:29

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6906

The image below is a photograph of HR6906 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6906 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6906 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 114.68 pc

Distance (light year) 373.85 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6906

HR6906 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature of HR6906 10002K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6906

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169820

SAO Catalogue SAO103709

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90337

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 3533

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