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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6128

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:25 | Tran: 1:49 | Set: 7:08
Alt: -46.09°   Az: 4.74°   Direction: North

HR6128 is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6128 visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, HR6128 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 HR6128 star
DSS2 image of HR6128. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6128 during the next 1000 years (0.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.58 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 29m 05s
-07° 39’ 10”
12h 13m 15s
04h 42m 21s

J2000

16h 27m 43s
-07° 35’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

7.43°
27.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6128.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Giant

-0.73
M3III
3490K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6128 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6128. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6128 is distant 507.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 99 kilometers per second.

155.52
507.00
99 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.155"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO141186
SAO141186

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6128 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.7°
Max altitude: 30.9°
Azimuth: 262.3°