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HR6006

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:05 | Tran: 6:29 | Set: 8:53
Alt: -59.87°   Az: 295.84°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6006 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6006 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR6006 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 HR6006 star
DSS2 image of HR6006. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6006 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 11m 08s
-32° 42’ 50”
09h 50m 05s
02h 01m 13s

J2000

16h 09m 31s
-32° 38’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

344.22°
13.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6006.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Hypergiant

1.08
K0III
5311K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6006 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6006. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6006 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6006 double sysyem:

6.19
6.99
0.8
7.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6006 is distant 343.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

105.37
343.52
-5 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207396
SAO207396

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6006 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.7°
Max altitude: 5.8°
Azimuth: 237.3°