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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR611

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:35 | Tran: 16:13 | Set: 21:51
Alt: -21.50°   Az: 67.98°   Direction: East-North-East

HR611 is a supergiant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR611 visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, HR611 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 HR611 star
DSS2 image of HR611. The red arrow shows the motion of HR611 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 04m 56s
-03° 59’ 01”
15h 59m 21s
18h 04m 18s

J2000

02h 03m 40s
-04° 06’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

162.91°
-61.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR611.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Supergiant

-0.89
K5I
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR611 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR611. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR611 is distant 654.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

200.80
654.62
25 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129665
SAO129665

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR611 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.0°
Max altitude: 34.5°
Azimuth: 266.0°