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HR6046

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:49 | Tran: 1:21 | Set: 11:48
Alt: 50.73°   Az: 268.13°   Direction: West

HR6046 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

HR6046 visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, HR6046 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 HR6046 star
DSS2 image of HR6046. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6046 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 12m 43s
+36° 21’ 39”
03h 27m 04s
19h 39m 48s

J2000

16h 11m 48s
+36° 25’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

58.33°
46.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6046.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Giant

-0.73
K3III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6046 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6046. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6046 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6046 double sysyem:

5.63
5.73
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6046 is distant 610.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

187.27
610.49
-31 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO65132
SAO65132

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6046 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.6°
Max altitude: 74.9°
Azimuth: 306.4°