HR 6936, a white giant star in Sagittarius
HR 6936 is a white giant star in the constellation Sagittarius. At 288 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.37.
HR 6936 (HIP 90763)
HR 6936 is a white giant star in the constellation Sagittarius. At 288 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.37. HR 6936 is a multiple-star system. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 19.5 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 21,100 and 26,000 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 18h 31.1m, Dec -32° 59.4'
Common designations: HIP 90763, HD 170479, HR 6936
Brightest stars in Sagittarius:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 47 | 5.22 | 29 Sagittarii |
| 48 | 5.28 | HR 6960 |
| 49 | 5.29 | 15 Sagittarii |
| 50 | 5.30 | 54 Sagittarii |
| 51 | 5.30 | Theta-2 Sagittarii |
| 52 | 5.32 | HR 7552 |
| 53 | 5.32 | Gliese 783 A |
| 54 | 5.33 | HR 6870 |
| 55 | 5.37 | 7 Sagittarii |
56
| 5.37
) HR 6936
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 57 | 5.37 | 28 Sagittarii |
| 58 | 5.45 | Chi-3 Sagittarii |
| 59 | 5.46 | HR 7398 |
| 60 | 5.46 | Gliese 9663 |
| 61 | 5.49 | 14 Sagittarii |
| 62 | 5.49 | 24 Sagittarii |
| 63 | 5.49 | HR 7211 |
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Galactic Orbit of HR 6936
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 10.5% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : 102.6°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 7,226 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 7,186 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 756 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 7,147 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,470 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 7,982 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for HR 6936
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 277.77018800° ±0.63 mas | -1.90 ±0.70 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -32.98900168° ±0.44 mas | -41.10 ±0.70 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 1.10742372° | -37.88 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -10.48933699° | -16.07 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 11.25 ± 0.80 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: A6III-IV 1995ApJS...99..135A.
Radial Velocity: 9.20 ±2.80 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
5.55
0.82
V
5.37
0.64
R
I
5.21
0.48
J
4.99
0.25
H
4.96
0.23
K
4.87
0.14
B-V: +0.18 V-I: +0.16
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 88.35 pc (7.1% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,313 pc
Transverse velocity: 17.2 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 86.9 pc | 1.7 pc | -16.1 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | 8.1 km/s | -15.7 km/s | -8.3 km/s |