HR6174

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -81.38° Az: 336.96° Direction: North-North-West

HR6174 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6174 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR6174 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 HR6174. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6174 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 40m 11s

Declination -43° 26’ 46”

Hour Angle 11h 41m 27s

Sideral Time 04h 21m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 38m 26s

Declination -43° 23’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 340.39°

Galactic Latitude 2.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6174.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.83

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.79

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6174 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6174. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6174 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6174 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.83

Secondary star magnitude 9.03

Magnitude difference 3.2

Separation 16.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6174 is distant 686.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 210.53

Distance (light year) 686.32

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD149711

SAO Catalogue SAO226989

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81472

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4310959

Visibility from Your Location

HR6174 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius