HR6044

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:25 | Tran: 15:45 | Set: 18:05

Alt: -3.01° Az: 215.78° Direction: South-West

HR6044 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6044 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR6044 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.

DSS2 image of HR6044. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6044 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 15m 57s

Declination -33° 04’ 20”

Hour Angle 02h 56m 39s

Sidereal Time 19h 12m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 14m 22s

Declination -33° 00’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.7°

Galactic Latitude 12.94°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6044.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.92

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.55

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6044 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6044. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6044 is distant 643.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 197.24

Distance (light year) 643.00

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145838

SAO Catalogue SAO207480

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79596

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3211525

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6044 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.1° RISE 13:25

Max altitude: 5.4° TRANSIT 15:45

Azimuth: 236.9° SET 18:05

Set Location

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