HR6042

Altitude: -1.2° Azimuth: 230.4° Direction: South-West

HR6042 is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6042 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6042 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 HR6042:

Color of HR6042 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6042 6.41

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6042 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -1.2°
Azimuth: 230.4°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6042

HR6042 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 HR6042 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 13m 45s

Declination J2000 -24° 25’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 351.01°

Galactic Latitude 19.03°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6042 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6042.

Visibility of HR6042 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 HR6042 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: 114.4° RISE 8:05

Max altitude: 14.1° TRANSIT 11:45

Azimuth: 245.6° SET 15:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6042

The image below is a photograph of HR6042 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 HR6042 is 0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6042. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6042 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6042 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6042 is distant 452.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 138.89 pc

Distance (light year) 452.78 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6042

HR6042 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature of HR6042 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6042 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6042. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR6042 star system properties

HR6042 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6042 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.41

Secondary star magnitude 10.21

Magnitude difference 3.8

Separation 1.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR6042

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145792

SAO Catalogue SAO184241

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79530

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2412623

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9967

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