HR6051

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:14 | Tran: 1:20 | Set: 5:22

Alt: -45.36° Az: 63.45° Direction: East-North-East

HR6051 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6051 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR6051 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 HR6051. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6051 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 15m 58s

Declination -21° 10’ 11”

Hour Angle 14h 49m 30s

Sidereal Time 07h 05m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 14m 28s

Declination -21° 06’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 353.72°

Galactic Latitude 21.16°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.41

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.29

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6051 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6051. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6051 is distant 344.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 105.82

Distance (light year) 344.97

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145964

SAO Catalogue SAO184253

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79599

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 4444

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6051 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.2° RISE 21:14

Max altitude: 17.4° TRANSIT 1:20

Azimuth: 248.8° SET 5:22

Set Location

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