HR6122

Altitude: -43.0° Azimuth: 98.9° Direction: East

HR6122 is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6122 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6122 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 HR6122:

Color of HR6122 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6122 5.79

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6122 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -43.0°
Azimuth: 98.9°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6122

HR6122 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 HR6122 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 28m 14s

Declination J2000 -37° 10’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 343.67°

Galactic Latitude 8°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6122 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6122.

Visibility of HR6122 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 HR6122 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: 127.2° RISE 23:01

Max altitude: 1.3° TRANSIT 0:12

Azimuth: 232.8° SET 1:26

RIGHT NOW HR6122 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6122

The image below is a photograph of HR6122 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 HR6122 is 0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6122. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6122 during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6122 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6122 is distant 318.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.85 pc

Distance (light year) 318.98 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6122

HR6122 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.84

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature of HR6122 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6122 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6122. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6122

Henry Draper Catalogue HD148247

SAO Catalogue SAO207688

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP80672

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3610783

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius