HR6974

Altitude: 87.7° Azimuth: 72.8° Direction: East-North-East

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

HR6974 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6974 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 HR6974:

Color of HR6974 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6974 6.56

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6974 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 87.7°
Azimuth: 72.8°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6974

HR6974 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6974 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 32m 11s

Declination J2000 +52° 06’ 56”

Galactic Longitude 80.9°

Galactic Latitude 23.94°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6974 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6974.

Visibility of HR6974 from your location

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

HR6974 is circumpolar and transits at 01:19 UTC (altitude: 89.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6974

The image below is a photograph of HR6974 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 HR6974 is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6974 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 250.63 pc

Distance (light year) 817.04 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6974

HR6974 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.44

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature of HR6974 11092K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6974

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171461

SAO Catalogue SAO31032

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90865

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+52 2232

FK5 Catalogue 3474

In Evidence

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