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HR6975

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:03 | Tran: 8:52 | Set: 16:42
Alt: 50.09°   Az: 231.25°   Direction: South-West

HR6975 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6975 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR6975 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6975 star
DSS2 image of HR6975. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6975 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 35m 24s
+20° 29’ 15”
02h 09m 09s
20h 44m 33s

J2000

18h 34m 19s
+20° 27’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

49.58°
12.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6975.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57
Main-sequence

0.84
A3V
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6975 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6975. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6975 is distant 456.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

140.06
456.58
-9 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO86203
SAO86203

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6975 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.5°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.5°