HR6907

Altitude: -48.7° Azimuth: 77.2° Direction: East-North-East

HR6907 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6907 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6907 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 HR6907:

Color of HR6907 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6907 5.92

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6907 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -48.7°
Azimuth: 77.2°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6907

HR6907 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6907 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 27m 49s

Declination J2000 -29° 48’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 3.69°

Galactic Latitude -8.47°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6907 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6907.

Visibility of HR6907 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 HR6907 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: 119.8° RISE 10:36

Max altitude: 8.7° TRANSIT 13:31

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 16:26

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6907

The image below is a photograph of HR6907 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 HR6907 is -0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.032 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6907. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6907 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6907 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6907 is distant 118.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 36.32 pc

Distance (light year) 118.42 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.032 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6907

HR6907 belongs to spectral class F9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.12

Spectral Type F9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.52

Temperature of HR6907 6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6907 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6907. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6907

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169830

SAO Catalogue SAO186838

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90485

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2914965

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