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HR6061

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:43 | Tran: 6:23 | Set: 11:03
Alt: -43.75°   Az: 309.10°   Direction: North-West

HR6061 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6061 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR6061 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 HR6061 star
DSS2 image of HR6061. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6061 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 17m 16s
-14° 54’ 36”
09h 38m 09s
01h 55m 26s

J2000

16h 15m 51s
-14° 50’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

359.07°
25.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6061.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Hypergiant

-0.28
A0V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6061 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6061. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6061 is distant 613.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

188.32
613.94
-11 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159821
SAO159821

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6061 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.9°
Max altitude: 23.6°
Azimuth: 255.1°