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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR6003

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:30 | Tran: 1:18 | Set: 5:03
Alt: -39.20°   Az: 79.04°   Direction: East

HR6003 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6003 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR6003 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 HR6003 star
DSS2 image of HR6003. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6003 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 10m 14s
-23° 45’ 03”
15h 44m 52s
07h 55m 06s

J2000

16h 08m 43s
-23° 41’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

350.73°
20.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6003.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Sub-giant

0.30
B9IV
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6003 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6003. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6003 is distant 426.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

130.72
426.14
-14 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184164
SAO184164

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6003 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.8°
Max altitude: 14.8°
Azimuth: 246.2°