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HR6041

Altitude: -6.1°   Azimuth: 270.9°   Direction: West

HR6041 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6041 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6041 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 HR6041:

6.25
Main-sequence

HR6041 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -6.1°
Azimuth: 270.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6041

HR6041 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 HR6041 are provided in the following table:

16h 12m 56s
-04° 13’ 14”
8.1°
32.17°
Ophiuchus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6041 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6041 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6041.

Visibility of HR6041 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 HR6041 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: 94.2°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 265.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6041

The image below is a photograph of HR6041 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 HR6041 is -0.032 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6041 star
DSS2 image of HR6041. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6041 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6041 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6041 is distant 557.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

170.94 pc
557.26 ly
-16 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/year
-0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6041

HR6041 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.09
A1V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6041 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6041. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6041

SAO141031
SAO141031