HR6966

Altitude: 6.6° Azimuth: 59.8° Direction: East-North-East

HR6966 is a giant star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6966 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6966 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6966:

Color of HR6966 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6966 5.84

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6966 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.6°
Azimuth: 59.8°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6966

HR6966 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6966 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 32m 46s

Declination J2000 +23° 37’ 00”

Galactic Longitude 52.39°

Galactic Latitude 14.42°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6966 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6966.

Visibility of HR6966 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6966 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.4° RISE 11:12

Max altitude: 62.1° TRANSIT 19:23

Azimuth: 293.6° SET 3:37

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6966

The image below is a photograph of HR6966 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6966 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6966. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6966 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6966 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6966 is distant 793.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 243.31 pc

Distance (light year) 793.19 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6966

HR6966 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude -1.09

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature of HR6966 3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6966 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6966. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6966

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171245

SAO Catalogue SAO86175

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90915

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 3363

FK5 Catalogue 3472

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