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HR6124

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:22 | Tran: 17:31 | Set: 23:41
Alt: 11.89°   Az: 258.53°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6124 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6124 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR6124 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 HR6124 star
DSS2 image of HR6124. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6124 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 28m 04s
+02° 17’ 36”
04h 54m 46s
21h 22m 51s

J2000

16h 26m 50s
+02° 20’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

16.87°
32.91°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6124 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6124.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

0.29
G8III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6124 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6124. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6124 is distant 466.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

143.06
466.38
4 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO121604
SAO121604

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6124 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.7°
Max altitude: 40.8°
Azimuth: 272.3°