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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR6998

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:25 | Tran: 3:32 | Set: 7:35
Alt: -52.71°   Az: 45.68°   Direction: North-East

HR6998 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6998 visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its faintness, HR6998 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 HR6998 star
DSS2 image of HR6998. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6998 during the next 1000 years (-1.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 40m 24s
-21° 01’ 39”
13h 50m 40s
08h 31m 04s

J2000

18h 38m 53s
-21° 03’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

12.73°
-6.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6998.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.86
Main-sequence

5.29
G4V
5671K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6998 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6998. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6998 is distant 42.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

12.98
42.33
36 km/s
-0.078 arcsec/y
-0.152"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO187086
SAO187086

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6998 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.0°
Max altitude: 17.5°
Azimuth: 249.0°