HR6066

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:53 | Tran: 1:58 | Set: 5:59

Alt: -3.31° Az: 120.88° Direction: East-South-East

HR6066 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6066 visual magnitude is 6.61. Because of its faintness, HR6066 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR6066. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6066 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 18m 28s

Declination -21° 21’ 53”

Hour Angle 19h 32m 17s

Sidereal Time 11h 50m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 16m 58s

Declination -21° 18’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 353.98°

Galactic Latitude 20.6°

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Finder chart for HR6066.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.61

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.12

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6066 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6066. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6066 is distant 408.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.16

Distance (light year) 408.01

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD146416

SAO Catalogue SAO184285

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79785

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 4454

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6066 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.4° RISE 21:53

Max altitude: 17.2° TRANSIT 1:58

Azimuth: 248.6° SET 5:59

Set Location

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