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HR6928

Altitude: -2.7°   Azimuth: 76.6°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6928 is a giant star in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6928 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6928 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6928:

5.73
Giant

HR6928 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -2.7°
Azimuth: 76.6°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6928

HR6928 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6928 are provided in the following table:

18h 27m 58s
+06° 11’ 39”
35.81°
8.03°
Serpens

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6928 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6928 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6928.

Visibility of HR6928 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

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

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6928

The image below is a photograph of HR6928 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6928 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6928 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
739.23 ly
-12 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6928

HR6928 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR6928

SAO123516
SAO123516