HR6963

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:10 | Tran: 3:42 | Set: 9:11

Alt: 5.72° Az: 253.05° Direction: West-South-West

HR6963 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scutum.

HR6963 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR6963 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 HR6963. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6963 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 34m 44s

Declination -05° 53’ 25”

Hour Angle 04h 52m 26s

Sidereal Time 23h 27m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 33m 22s

Declination -05° 54’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 25.61°

Galactic Latitude 1.3°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6963 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6963. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6963 is distant 372.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 114.29

Distance (light year) 372.57

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171149

SAO Catalogue SAO142386

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90967

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 4791

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6963 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.9° RISE 22:10

Max altitude: 32.6° TRANSIT 3:42

Azimuth: 264.1° SET 9:11

Set Location

Other stars in Scutum