HR6956

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:55 | Tran: 3:41 | Set: 8:23

Alt: -3.00° Az: 250.12° Direction: West-South-West

HR6956 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR6956 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR6956 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 HR6956. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6956 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 33m 47s

Declination -14° 37’ 25”

Hour Angle 05h 04m 14s

Sidereal Time 23h 38m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 32m 20s

Declination -14° 38’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 17.75°

Galactic Latitude -2.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6956.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.02

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature 8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6956 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6956. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6956 is distant 241.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.02

Distance (light year) 241.30

Radial Speed -38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD170902

SAO Catalogue SAO161580

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90884

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 5098

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6956 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.6° RISE 22:55

Max altitude: 23.9° TRANSIT 3:41

Azimuth: 255.4° SET 8:23

Set Location

Other stars in Scutum