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public  Gryon, Switzerland Gryon, Switzerland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Zurich
Sunrise: 5:56 
Transit: 13:37 
Sunset: 21:18
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HR6954

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.24°   Az: 176.92°   Direction: South

HR6954 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Telescopium.

HR6954 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR6954 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 HR6954 star
DSS2 image of HR6954. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6954 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 36m 34s
-52° 52’ 11”
23h 39m 50s
18h 16m 24s

J2000

18h 34m 31s
-52° 53’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

342.43°
-18.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6954.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Giant

0.09
K2III
4213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6954 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6954. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6954 is distant 549.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

168.63
549.75
24 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO245559
SAO245559

Visibility from Your Location

HR6954 is currently not visible from Gryon, Switzerland