HR6959

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:05 | Tran: 2:17 | Set: 7:29

Alt: 8.71° Az: 243.75° Direction: South-South-West

HR6959 is a supergiant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR6959 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR6959 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 HR6959. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6959 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 34m 10s

Declination -14° 50’ 41”

Hour Angle 04h 26m 03s

Sidereal Time 23h 00m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 32m 43s

Declination -14° 51’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 17.59°

Galactic Latitude -2.68°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.45

Spectral Type K3I

Color Index (B-V) 1.97

Temperature 3201K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6959 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6959. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6959 is distant 1,268.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 389.11

Distance (light year) 1,268.48

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD170975

SAO Catalogue SAO161587

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90913

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 5099

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6959 rise, transit and set times from Plains, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Chicago):

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 21:05

Max altitude: 37.9° TRANSIT 2:17

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 7:29

Name:	Plains, United States
Latitude:	37° 15' 37.1" N
Longitude:	100° 35' 34.8" W
Timezone:	America/Chicago

Set Location

Other stars in Scutum