HR6914

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:22 | Tran: 19:44 | Set: 23:06

Alt: -46.33° Az: 285.64° Direction: West-North-West

HR6914 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6914 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR6914 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 HR6914. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6914 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 29m 38s

Declination -26° 44’ 23”

Hour Angle 08h 47m 29s

Sideral Time 03h 17m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 28m 06s

Declination -26° 45’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 6.47°

Galactic Latitude -7.15°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6914.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.68

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6914 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6914. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6914 is distant 269.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.64

Distance (light year) 269.42

Radial Speed -30 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD169938

SAO Catalogue SAO186843

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90510

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2613192

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6914 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.7° RISE 16:22

Max altitude: 11.8° TRANSIT 19:44

Azimuth: 243.3° SET 23:06

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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