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HR6119

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:15 | Tran: 1:58 | Set: 9:37
Alt: 53.42°   Az: 214.64°   Direction: South-West

HR6119 is a variable giant star of spectral class M7 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6119 visual magnitude is 6.7. Because of its faintness, HR6119 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6119 star
DSS2 image of HR6119. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6119 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 26m 55s
+18° 50’ 11”
01h 23m 54s
17h 50m 49s

J2000

16h 25m 47s
+18° 53’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

35.35°
40.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6119.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.7
Giant

-2.23
M7III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6119 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6119. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6119 is distant 1,987.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

609.76
1,987.80
-28 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102160
SAO102160

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6119 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.2°
Max altitude: 57.4°
Azimuth: 288.8°