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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 13:05 
Sunset: 21:12
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HR6976

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:17 | Tran: 0:11 | Set: 7:09
Alt: -16.28°   Az: 46.87°   Direction: North-East

HR6976 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6976 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR6976 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.

Image of HR6976 star
DSS2 image of HR6976. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6976 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 35m 59s
+10° 54’ 48”
15h 02m 02s
09h 38m 02s

J2000

18h 34m 47s
+10° 53’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

40.82°
8.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6976.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Main-sequence

-0.05
A1V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6976 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6976. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6976 is distant 635.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

194.93
635.48
-36 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103867
SAO103867

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6976 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.1°
Max altitude: 49.4°
Azimuth: 280.9°