HR6969

Altitude: 9.3° Azimuth: 218.4° Direction: South-West

HR6969 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6969 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6969 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 HR6969:

Color of HR6969 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6969 6.48

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6969 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.3°
Azimuth: 218.4°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6969

HR6969 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 HR6969 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 35m 21s

Declination J2000 -20° 50’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 12.54°

Galactic Latitude -5.96°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6969 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6969.

Visibility of HR6969 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 HR6969 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: 110.8° RISE 9:38

Max altitude: 17.7° TRANSIT 13:42

Azimuth: 249.2° SET 17:47

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6969

The image below is a photograph of HR6969 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 HR6969 is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6969. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6969 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6969 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6969 is distant 304.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.37 pc

Distance (light year) 304.39 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6969

HR6969 belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.63

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature of HR6969 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6969 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6969. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6969

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171369

SAO Catalogue SAO187012

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91132

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 5189

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