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HR6053

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:29 | Tran: 1:51 | Set: 6:10
Alt: 12.76°   Az: 144.04°   Direction: South-East

HR6053 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6053 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR6053 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 HR6053 star
DSS2 image of HR6053. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6053 during the next 1000 years (-1.77 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 16m 07s
-18° 35’ 51”
21h 31m 17s
13h 47m 25s

J2000

16h 14m 39s
-18° 32’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

355.81°
22.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6053.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Giant

1.63
K2III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6053 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6053. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6053 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 HR6053 double sysyem:

6.32
6.62
0.3
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6053 is distant 282.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

86.51
282.01
-17 km/s
-0.106 arcsec/y
-0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159807
SAO159807

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6053 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.6°
Max altitude: 19.9°
Azimuth: 251.4°