HR6960

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:09 | Tran: 1:33 | Set: 3:54

Alt: -30.14° Az: 106.36° Direction: South-South-West

HR6960 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6960 visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, HR6960 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 HR6960. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6960 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 35m 37s

Declination -32° 59’ 42”

Hour Angle 17h 26m 31s

Sidereal Time 12h 02m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 33m 57s

Declination -33° 01’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 1.35°

Galactic Latitude -11.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6960.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.28

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -3.90

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature 11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6960 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6960. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6960 is distant 2,232.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 684.93

Distance (light year) 2,232.88

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171034

SAO Catalogue SAO210312

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91014

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3313338

FK5 Catalogue 3471

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6960 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.0° RISE 23:09

Max altitude: 5.5° TRANSIT 1:33

Azimuth: 237.0° SET 3:54

Set Location

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