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HR6937

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -43.16°   Az: 109.68°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6937 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Corona Australis.

HR6937 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR6937 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 HR6937 star
DSS2 image of HR6937. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6937 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 33m 43s
-43° 29’ 16”
16h 44m 47s
11h 18m 31s

J2000

18h 31m 56s
-43° 30’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

351.37°
-15.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6937 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6937.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Giant

-2.19
K2III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6937 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6937. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6937 is distant 1,244.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

381.68
1,244.27
7 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO229094
SAO229094

Visibility from Your Location

HR6937 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK