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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR6012

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:56 | Tran: 1:19 | Set: 5:39
Alt: -27.45°   Az: 85.34°   Direction: East

HR6012 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6012 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR6012 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 HR6012 star
DSS2 image of HR6012. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6012 during the next 10000 years (-14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 11m 23s
-18° 24’ 20”
16h 35m 06s
08h 46m 29s

J2000

16h 09m 55s
-18° 20’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

355.15°
23.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6012.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Main-sequence

3.00
F4V
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6012 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6012. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6012 is distant 160.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

49.38
160.99
-25 km/s
-0.084 arcsec/y
-0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159745
SAO159745

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6012 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.4°
Max altitude: 20.1°
Azimuth: 251.6°