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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6974

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 14.07°   Az: 7.29°   Direction: North

HR6974 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Draco.

HR6974 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR6974 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6974 star
DSS2 image of HR6974. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6974 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 32m 46s
+52° 08’ 07”
12h 46m 15s
07h 19m 01s

J2000

18h 32m 11s
+52° 06’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

80.9°
23.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6974.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.56
Main-sequence

-0.44
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6974 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6974. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6974 is distant 817.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

250.63
817.04
-23 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO31032
SAO31032

Visibility from Your Location

HR6974 is circumpolar and transits at 02:52 UTC (altitude: 89.3°)