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HR6926

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:28 | Tran: 8:51 | Set: 12:15
Alt: 10.75°   Az: 165.81°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6926 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6926 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR6926 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 HR6926 star
DSS2 image of HR6926. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6926 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 30m 31s
-26° 33’ 48”
22h 57m 31s
17h 28m 02s

J2000

18h 28m 57s
-26° 34’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

6.72°
-7.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6926.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Giant

0.82
A3III
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6926 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6926. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6926 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6926 double sysyem:

6.5
8.2
1.7
41.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6926 is distant 445.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

136.61
445.36
-17 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO186863
SAO186863

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6926 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.6°
Max altitude: 12.0°
Azimuth: 243.4°