HR6972

Altitude: -38.9° Azimuth: 90.4° Direction: East

HR6972 is a giant star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6972 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6972 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 HR6972:

Color of HR6972 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6972 6.37

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6972 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -38.9°
Azimuth: 90.4°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6972

HR6972 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6972 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 35m 59s

Declination J2000 -29° 41’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 4.58°

Galactic Latitude -10.01°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6972 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6972.

Visibility of HR6972 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 HR6972 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: 119.7° RISE 11:07

Max altitude: 8.8° TRANSIT 14:03

Azimuth: 240.3° SET 16:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6972

The image below is a photograph of HR6972 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 HR6972 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6972. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6972 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6972 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6972 is distant 1,058.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 324.68 pc

Distance (light year) 1,058.44 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -50 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6972

HR6972 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.19

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.27

Temperature of HR6972 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6972 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6972. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6972

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171416

SAO Catalogue SAO187024

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91172

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2915123

FK5 Catalogue 3478

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