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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6166

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 7:19 | Set: 9:07
Alt: -13.25°   Az: 228.89°   Direction: South-West

HR6166 is a variable giant star of spectral class K6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6166 visual magnitude is 4.16. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6166 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.

Image of HR6166 star
DSS2 image of HR6166. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6166 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 38m 01s
-35° 18’ 17”
04h 15m 54s
20h 53m 56s

J2000

16h 36m 22s
-35° 15’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

346.22°
8.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6166.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.16
Giant

-0.92
K6III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6166 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6166. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6166 is distant 338.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

103.84
338.53
-2 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207814
SAO207814

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6166 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.3°
Max altitude: 3.2°
Azimuth: 234.7°