HR6909

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:47 | Tran: 18:10 | Set: 21:32

Alt: -64.93° Az: 8.95° Direction: North

HR6909 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6909 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR6909 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.

DSS2 image of HR6909. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6909 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 29m 16s

Declination -26° 37’ 03”

Hour Angle 12h 16m 54s

Sideral Time 06h 46m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 27m 43s

Declination -26° 38’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 6.55°

Galactic Latitude -7.02°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6909.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.87

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6909 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6909. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6909 is distant 251.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 77.22

Distance (light year) 251.74

Radial Speed -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169851

SAO Catalogue SAO186837

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90478

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2613184

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS11354

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6909 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.6° RISE 14:47

Max altitude: 11.9° TRANSIT 18:10

Azimuth: 243.4° SET 21:32

Set Location

Other stars in Sagittarius