HR6144

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:01 | Tran: 11:21 | Set: 16:40

Alt: -32.68° Az: 56.31° Direction: East-North-East

HR6144 is a supergiant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6144 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR6144 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.

DSS2 image of HR6144. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6144 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 31m 50s

Declination -07° 34’ 02”

Hour Angle 14h 59m 48s

Sidereal Time 07h 31m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 30m 29s

Declination -07° 30’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 7.96°

Galactic Latitude 26.71°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.5

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.30

Spectral Type A7I

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6144 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6144. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6144 is distant 1,873.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 574.71

Distance (light year) 1,873.56

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD148743

SAO Catalogue SAO141206

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP80840

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 4305

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6144 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.6° RISE 6:01

Max altitude: 31.0° TRANSIT 11:21

Azimuth: 262.4° SET 16:40

Set Location

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