HR6000

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -39.13° Az: 253.44° Direction: West-South-West

HR6000 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR6000 visual magnitude is 6.65. Because of its faintness, HR6000 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR6000. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6000 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 10m 16s

Declination -39° 09’ 30”

Hour Angle 07h 05m 56s

Sidereal Time 23h 16m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 08m 34s

Declination -39° 05’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 339.53°

Galactic Latitude 9.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6000.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.65

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.26

Spectral Type A0III

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6000 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6000. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6000 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6000 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.65

Secondary star magnitude 7.05

Magnitude difference 0.4

Separation 44.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6000 is distant 785.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 240.96

Distance (light year) 785.54

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD144667

SAO Catalogue SAO207368

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79081

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3810894

Visibility from Your Location

HR6000 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Lupus