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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:15 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:12
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HR6001

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:12 | Tran: 12:37 | Set: 16:01
Alt: -27.19°   Az: 99.03°   Direction: East

HR6001 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6001 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR6001 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 HR6001 star
DSS2 image of HR6001. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6001 during the next 1000 years (1.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 38s
-26° 23’ 28”
17h 14m 49s
09h 24m 28s

J2000

16h 08m 07s
-26° 19’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

348.63°
18.62°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6001 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6001.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

-0.20
M2III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6001 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6001. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6001 is distant 425.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

130.38
425.03
-18 km/s
0.108 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184144
SAO184144

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6001 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4°
Max altitude: 12.1°
Azimuth: 243.6°