HR6070

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:39 | Tran: 15:45 | Set: 18:50

Alt: -51.44° Az: 289.89° Direction: West-North-West

HR6070 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6070 visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6070 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR6070. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6070 during the next 1000 years (-0.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.65 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 19m 50s

Declination -28° 40’ 21”

Hour Angle 09h 12m 20s

Sidereal Time 01h 32m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 18m 17s

Declination -28° 36’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 348.56°

Galactic Latitude 15.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6070.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.78

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.61

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6070 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6070. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6070 is distant 140.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 43.05

Distance (light year) 140.34

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.099"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD146624

SAO Catalogue SAO184301

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79881

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2812037

FK5 Catalogue 3288

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6070 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.7° RISE 12:39

Max altitude: 9.8° TRANSIT 15:45

Azimuth: 241.3° SET 18:50

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius