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north SunriseRise: 7:47  
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HR6054

Altitude: 6.9°   Azimuth: 147.9°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6054 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6054 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6054 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 HR6054:

6.05
Sub-giant

HR6054 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.9°
Azimuth: 147.9°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6054

HR6054 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6054 are provided in the following table:

16h 14m 53s
-25° 28’ 36”
350.39°
18.12°
Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6054 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6054 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6054.

Visibility of HR6054 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 HR6054 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: 115.5°
Max altitude: 13.0°
Azimuth: 244.5°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6054

The image below is a photograph of HR6054 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 HR6054 is 0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6054 star
DSS2 image of HR6054. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6054 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6054 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6054 is distant 461.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

141.64 pc
461.76 ly
-8 km/s
0.007 arcsec/year
-0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6054

HR6054 belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

0.29
B7IV
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6054 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6054. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6054

SAO184258
SAO184258