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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6150

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 27.00°   Az: 39.89°   Direction: North-East

HR6150 is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Draco.

HR6150 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR6150 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 HR6150 star
DSS2 image of HR6150. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6150 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 29m 22s
+51° 21’ 11”
16h 24m 45s
08h 54m 07s

J2000

16h 28m 43s
+51° 24’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

79.2°
42.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6150.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

0.89
G9III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6150 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6150. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6150 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6150 double sysyem:

6.29
12.89
6.6
5.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6150 is distant 391.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

120.05
391.36
-16 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO29956
SAO29956

Visibility from Your Location

HR6150 is circumpolar and transits at 00:45 UTC (altitude: 89.9°)