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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR6907

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:55 | Tran: 8:50 | Set: 11:45
Alt: 6.11°   Az: 159.55°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6907 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6907 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR6907 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 HR6907 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 29m 25s
-29° 47’ 56”
22h 25m 36s
16h 55m 02s

J2000

18h 27m 49s
-29° 48’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

3.69°
-8.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6907.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Main-sequence

3.12
F9V
6300K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

36.32
118.42
-17 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186838
SAO186838

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6907 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8°
Max altitude: 8.7°
Azimuth: 240.2°