HR6143

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:40 | Tran: 16:37 | Set: 18:34

Alt: -5.66° Az: 142.68° Direction: South-East

HR6143 is a giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6143 visual magnitude is 4.23. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6143 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR6143. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6143 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 33m 00s

Declination -34° 45’ 21”

Hour Angle 20h 51m 00s

Sideral Time 13h 24m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 31m 22s

Declination -34° 42’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 345.94°

Galactic Latitude 9.22°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6143.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.23

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.57

Spectral Type B2III

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6143 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6143. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6143 is distant 746.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 228.83

Distance (light year) 746.00

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD148703

SAO Catalogue SAO207732

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP80911

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3411044

FK5 Catalogue 1431

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6143 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8° RISE 14:40

Max altitude: 3.8° TRANSIT 16:37

Azimuth: 235.2° SET 18:34

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius