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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR6977

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:24 | Tran: 4:03 | Set: 11:39
Alt: 0.00°   Az: 59.86°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6977 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6977 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR6977 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 HR6977 star
DSS2 image of HR6977. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6977 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 36m 19s
+18° 13’ 31”
16h 22m 16s
10h 58m 36s

J2000

18h 35m 12s
+18° 12’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

47.56°
11.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6977.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Hypergiant

-0.80
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6977 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6977. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6977 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
-21 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103879
SAO103879

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6977 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.8°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 288.2°