HR6077

HR6077 is a double giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6077 visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6077 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6077:

Color of HR6077 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6077 5.49

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6077 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6077

HR6077 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6077 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 19m 32s

Declination J2000 -30° 54’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 347.03°

Galactic Latitude 13.63°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6077 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6077.

Visibility of HR6077 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6077 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.9° RISE 21:50

Max altitude: 7.6° TRANSIT 0:34

Azimuth: 239.1° SET 3:22

RIGHT NOW HR6077 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6077

The image below is a photograph of HR6077 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6077 is 0.085 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6077. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6077 during the next 10000 years (14.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6077 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6077 is distant 135.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.49 pc

Distance (light year) 135.27 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.085 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6077

HR6077 belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.40

Spectral Type F6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.47

Temperature of HR6077 6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6077 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6077. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR6077 star system properties

HR6077 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6077 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.49

Secondary star magnitude 7.09

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 23.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR6077

Henry Draper Catalogue HD146836

SAO Catalogue SAO207558

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79980

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3013041

FK5 Catalogue 1426

In Evidence

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