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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6106

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:12 | Tran: 7:07 | Set: 10:03
Alt: -15.02°   Az: 240.78°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6106 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6106 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR6106 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 HR6106 star
DSS2 image of HR6106. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6106 during the next 10000 years (11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 26m 14s
-29° 45’ 38”
05h 04m 42s
21h 30m 56s

J2000

16h 24m 39s
-29° 42’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

348.72°
13.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6106.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Hypergiant

G0IV
6007K

Star System Properties

HR6106 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6106 double sysyem:

5.84
6.64
0.8
5.2 arcsec

Alternative Designations

SAO184369
SAO184369

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6106 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8°
Max altitude: 8.8°
Azimuth: 240.2°