HR6940

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:13 | Tran: 0:42 | Set: 6:15

Alt: -29.53° Az: 301.88° Direction: West-North-West

HR6940 is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR6940 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR6940 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.

DSS2 image of HR6940. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6940 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 31m 36s

Declination -05° 42’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 48m 11s

Sidereal Time 03h 19m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 30m 14s

Declination -05° 43’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 25.42°

Galactic Latitude 2.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.28

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.03

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6940 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6940. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6940 is distant 579.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 177.62

Distance (light year) 579.04

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD170547

SAO Catalogue SAO142353

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90692

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 4675

FK5 Catalogue 3468

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6940 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.7° RISE 19:13

Max altitude: 32.8° TRANSIT 0:42

Azimuth: 264.3° SET 6:15

Set Location

Other stars in Scutum