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HR6076

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:05 | Tran: 1:17 | Set: 5:25
Alt: 11.20°   Az: 215.30°   Direction: South-West

HR6076 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6076 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR6076 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 HR6076 star
DSS2 image of HR6076. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6076 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 20m 37s
-20° 16’ 39”
02h 28m 42s
18h 49m 19s

J2000

16h 19m 07s
-20° 13’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

355.21°
20.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6076.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

0.40
K5III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6076 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6076. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6076 is distant 490.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

150.38
490.23
8 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184309
SAO184309

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6076 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.3°
Max altitude: 18.2°
Azimuth: 249.7°