HR6164

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -4.57° Az: 184.95° Direction: South

HR6164 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class O9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6164 visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, HR6164 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 HR6164. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6164 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 38m 07s

Declination -42° 54’ 27”

Hour Angle 00h 26m 57s

Sidereal Time 17h 05m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 36m 22s

Declination -42° 51’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 340.54°

Galactic Latitude 3.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6164.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.47

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.38

Spectral Type O9I

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6164 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6164. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6164 is distant 3,046.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 934.58

Distance (light year) 3,046.73

Radial Speed -36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD149404

SAO Catalogue SAO226953

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81305

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4211399

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V918 Sco

Visibility from Your Location

HR6164 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius