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HR6139

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.20°   Az: 175.63°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6139 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Octans.

HR6139 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR6139 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 HR6139 star
DSS2 image of HR6139. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6139 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 11m 00s
-86° 23’ 51”
20h 30m 06s
13h 41m 06s

J2000

17h 00m 58s
-86° 21’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

306.5°
-25.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6139.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

-0.28
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6139 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6139. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6139 is distant 598.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

183.49
598.17
7 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258751
SAO258751

Visibility from Your Location

HR6139 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK