Fuyue - HR6630

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:26 | Tran: 2:39 | Set: 3:53

Alt: -6.57° Az: 213.99° Direction: South-West

Fuyue, also designated as , is a multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

Fuyue visual magnitude is 3.21. Because of its moderate brightness, Fuyue is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of Fuyue. The red arrow shows the motion of Fuyue during the next 10000 years (8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 51m 35s

Declination -37° 02’ 56”

Hour Angle 02h 56m 24s

Sidereal Time 20h 47m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 49m 51s

Declination -37° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 353.5°

Galactic Latitude -4.94°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.26

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

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

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

Star System Properties

Fuyue is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Fuyue double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 3.21

Secondary star magnitude 14.71

Magnitude difference 11.5

Separation 41.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Fuyue is distant 126.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 38.90

Distance (light year) 126.80

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.049 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Fuyue

Henry Draper Catalogue HD161892

SAO Catalogue SAO209318

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87261

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3711907

FK5 Catalogue 669

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Fuyue - HR6630 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.0° RISE 1:26

Max altitude: 1.5° TRANSIT 2:39

Azimuth: 233.0° SET 3:53

Set Location

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