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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:50 
Transit: 12:35 
Sunset: 19:21
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HR606

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:19 | Tran: 7:17 | Set: 12:19
Alt: -3.13°   Az: 238.81°   Direction: West-South-West

HR606 is a giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR606 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR606 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 HR606 star
DSS2 image of HR606. The red arrow shows the motion of HR606 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 03m 36s
-29° 32’ 34”
05h 16m 11s
07h 19m 48s

J2000

02h 02m 28s
-29° 39’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

226.33°
-74.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR606.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Giant

0.71
A3III
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR606 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR606. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR606 is distant 451.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

138.50
451.52
12 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO167511
SAO167511

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR606 rise, transit and set times from Libu, Cina are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 119.5°
Max altitude: 35.9°
Azimuth: 240.5°