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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR6176

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:17 | Tran: 6:39 | Set: 13:58
Alt: -22.37°   Az: 348.39°   Direction: North-North-West

HR6176 is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6176 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR6176 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 HR6176 star
DSS2 image of HR6176. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6176 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 37m 51s
+15° 26’ 55”
11h 15m 28s
03h 53m 20s

J2000

16h 36m 42s
+15° 29’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

32.51°
36.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6176.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
HR6176 is also a SiCrSr chemically peculiar star.

0.67
B9
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6176 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6176. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6176 is distant 436.41 light years from the Sun

133.87
436.41
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102271
SAO102271

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6176 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.6°
Max altitude: 54.0°
Azimuth: 285.4°