HR6006

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:37 | Tran: 23:01 | Set: 1:29

Alt: -34.59° Az: 100.83° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 16h 11m 09s

Declination -32° 42’ 54”

Hour Angle 16h 55m 49s

Sidereal Time 09h 06m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 09m 31s

Declination -32° 38’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.22°

Galactic Latitude 13.91°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.08

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.79

Temperature 5311K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6006 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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:

Main star magnitude 6.19

Secondary star magnitude 6.99

Magnitude difference 0.8

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 105.37

Distance (light year) 343.52

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD144927

SAO Catalogue SAO207396

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79173

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3211456

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° RISE 20:37

Max altitude: 5.8° TRANSIT 23:01

Azimuth: 237.3° SET 1:29

Set Location

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