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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR6995

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:03 | Tran: 9:27 | Set: 16:50
Alt: 46.90°   Az: 226.68°   Direction: South-West

HR6995 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6995 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR6995 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 HR6995 star
DSS2 image of HR6995. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6995 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 38m 16s
+16° 13’ 16”
02h 04m 43s
20h 43m 00s

J2000

18h 37m 09s
+16° 11’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

45.92°
10.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6995.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Sub-giant

1.52
G8IV
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6995 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6995. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6995 is distant 292.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

89.77
292.64
-46 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103913
SAO103913

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6995 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.8°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 286.2°