HR6011

HR6011 is a giant star in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6011 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6011 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6011:

Color of HR6011 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6011 5.91

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6011 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6011

HR6011 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6011 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 08m 58s

Declination J2000 +03° 27’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 15.17°

Galactic Latitude 37.28°

Constellation Serpens

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6011 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6011.

Visibility of HR6011 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6011 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.5° RISE 18:24

Max altitude: 42.0° TRANSIT 0:40

Azimuth: 273.5° SET 6:59

RIGHT NOW HR6011 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6011

The image below is a photograph of HR6011 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6011 is -0.028 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6011. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6011 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6011 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6011 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 131.93 pc

Distance (light year) 430.08 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6011

HR6011 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.47

Temperature of HR6011 3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6011 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6011. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6011

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145085

SAO Catalogue SAO121390

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79120

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 3132

In Evidence

Other stars in Serpens