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HR6936

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:52 | Tran: 9:13 | Set: 11:34
Alt: 2.02°   Az: 156.74°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6936 is a multiple star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6936 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, HR6936 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 HR6936 star
DSS2 image of HR6936. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6936 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 32m 43s
-32° 58’ 11”
22h 07m 46s
16h 40m 30s

J2000

18h 31m 04s
-32° 59’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

1.11°
-10.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6936.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34

0.19
A3
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6936 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6936. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6936 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6936 double sysyem:

5.34
9.84
4.5
3.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6936 is distant 349.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

107.30
349.79
9 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO210257
SAO210257

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6936 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.0°
Max altitude: 5.6°
Azimuth: 237.0°