HR6969

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:26 | Tran: 1:35 | Set: 5:39

Alt: -21.70° Az: 96.56° Direction: South

HR6969 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6969 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR6969 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 36m 52s

Declination -20° 49’ 06”

Hour Angle 17h 23m 43s

Sidereal Time 12h 00m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 35m 21s

Declination -20° 50’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.54°

Galactic Latitude -5.96°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.48

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.63

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 304.39

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171369

SAO Catalogue SAO187012

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91132

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 5189

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6969 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.8° RISE 21:26

Max altitude: 17.7° TRANSIT 1:35

Azimuth: 249.2° SET 5:39

Set Location

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