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HR6057

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:33 | Tran: 7:00 | Set: 13:28
Alt: -32.00°   Az: 12.15°   Direction: North-North-East

HR6057 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6057 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR6057 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 HR6057 star
DSS2 image of HR6057. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6057 during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 15m 27s
+05° 50’ 24”
12h 41m 20s
04h 56m 47s

J2000

16h 14m 13s
+05° 54’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

18.66°
37.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6057.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Giant

1.26
K2III
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6057 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6057. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6057 is distant 334.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

102.56
334.36
-21 km/s
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO121443
SAO121443

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6057 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.2°
Max altitude: 44.4°
Azimuth: 275.8°