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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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HR6925

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:41 | Tran: 8:58 | Set: 15:15
Alt: 25.60°   Az: 119.01°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6925 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6925 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR6925 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 HR6925 star
DSS2 image of HR6925. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6925 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 29m 05s
+03° 45’ 57”
20h 31m 06s
15h 00m 11s

J2000

18h 27m 50s
+03° 44’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

33.59°
6.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6925.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

-2.05
K3III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6925 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6925. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6925 is distant 1,369.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

420.17
1,369.75
-19 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123513
SAO123513

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6925 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.2°
Max altitude: 42.3°
Azimuth: 273.8°