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HR6988

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:23 | Tran: 9:24 | Set: 13:25
Alt: -55.02°   Az: 320.79°   Direction: North-West

HR6988 is a giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6988 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR6988 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 HR6988 star
DSS2 image of HR6988. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6988 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 39m 24s
-21° 22’ 27”
10h 28m 23s
05h 07m 47s

J2000

18h 37m 54s
-21° 23’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

12.31°
-6.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6988.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

1.02
A8III
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6988 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6988. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6988 is distant 314.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

96.34
314.07
6 km/s
-0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO187071
SAO187071

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6988 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.4°
Max altitude: 17.1°
Azimuth: 248.6°