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HR6078

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:16 | Tran: 2:00 | Set: 6:40
Alt: 18.71°   Az: 210.43°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6078 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6078 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR6078 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 HR6078 star
DSS2 image of HR6078. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6078 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 20m 26s
-14° 55’ 56”
01h 59m 04s
18h 19m 31s

J2000

16h 19m 00s
-14° 52’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

359.59°
24.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6078.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

-1.18
K4III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6078 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6078. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6078 is distant 864.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

265.25
864.72
-42 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159846
SAO159846

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6078 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.9°
Max altitude: 23.6°
Azimuth: 255.1°