HR6911

Altitude: 81.2° Azimuth: 72.5° Direction: East-North-East

HR6911 is a star in the constellation of Draco.

HR6911 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6911 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 HR6911:

Color of HR6911 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6911 6.32

Class

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HR6911 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 81.2°
Azimuth: 72.5°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6911

HR6911 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6911 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 23m 47s

Declination J2000 +53° 18’ 02”

Galactic Longitude 81.86°

Galactic Latitude 25.44°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6911 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6911.

Visibility of HR6911 from your location

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

HR6911 is circumpolar and transits at 13:51 UTC (altitude: 88.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6911

The image below is a photograph of HR6911 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 HR6911 is 0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6911. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6911 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6911 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6911 is distant 339.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.28 pc

Distance (light year) 339.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6911

HR6911 belongs to spectral class A3

Absolute magnitude 1.23

Spectral Type A3

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature of HR6911 8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6911 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6911. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6911

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169885

SAO Catalogue SAO30943

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90146

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+53 2079

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