HR6017

HR6017 is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6017 visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6017 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 HR6017:

Color of HR6017 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6017 5.13

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6017 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6017

HR6017 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6017 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 11m 02s

Declination J2000 -29° 24’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 346.81°

Galactic Latitude 15.99°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6017 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6017.

Visibility of HR6017 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 HR6017 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: 119.4° RISE 21:27

Max altitude: 9.1° TRANSIT 0:26

Azimuth: 240.6° SET 3:28

RIGHT NOW HR6017 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6017

The image below is a photograph of HR6017 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 HR6017 is -0.093 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.087 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6017. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6017 during the next 1000 years (-1.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.45 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6017 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6017 is distant 255.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 78.31 pc

Distance (light year) 255.29 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.093 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.087 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6017

HR6017 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.66

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of HR6017 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6017 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6017. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6017

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145250

SAO Catalogue SAO184197

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79302

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2912343

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius