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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6928

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:11 | Tran: 3:45 | Set: 10:14
Alt: 3.20°   Az: 84.04°   Direction: East

HR6928 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6928 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR6928 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 HR6928 star
DSS2 image of HR6928. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6928 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 29m 13s
+06° 12’ 42”
17h 49m 19s
12h 18m 32s

J2000

18h 27m 58s
+06° 11’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

35.81°
8.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6928.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Giant

-1.05
B8III
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6928 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6928. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6928 is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

226.76
739.23
-12 km/s
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123516
SAO123516

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6928 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.8°
Max altitude: 44.7°
Azimuth: 276.2°