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HR6917

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:50 | Tran: 8:56 | Set: 17:57
Alt: -8.52°   Az: 5.03°   Direction: North

HR6917 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6917 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR6917 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 HR6917 star
DSS2 image of HR6917. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6917 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 26m 56s
+29° 50’ 42”
12h 22m 56s
06h 49m 53s

J2000

18h 25m 58s
+29° 49’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

57.76°
18.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6917.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Sub-giant

0.24
A2IV
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6917 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6917. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6917 is distant 427.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

131.06
427.26
9 km/s
0.026 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO86043
SAO86043

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6917 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.2°
Max altitude: 68.4°
Azimuth: 299.8°