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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.

Image of HR6066 star
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

16h 18m 28s
-21° 21’ 53”
19h 32m 17s
11h 50m 46s

J2000

16h 16m 58s
-21° 18’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

353.98°
20.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6066.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.61
Main-sequence

1.12
B9V
9882K

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

HR 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.

125.16
408.01
-8 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184285
SAO184285

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°
Max altitude: 17.2°
Azimuth: 248.6°