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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:30 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 16:58
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HR6181

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:23 | Tran: 7:32 | Set: 14:40
Alt: 19.93°   Az: 266.98°   Direction: West

HR6181 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6181 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR6181 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 HR6181 star
DSS2 image of HR6181. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6181 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 38m 57s
+13° 38’ 17”
05h 00m 06s
21h 39m 04s

J2000

16h 37m 47s
+13° 41’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

30.58°
35.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6181.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Sub-giant

2.10
F5IV
6827K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6181 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6181. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6181 is distant 226.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

69.49
226.55
-21 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102278
SAO102278

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6181 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.4°
Max altitude: 52.2°
Azimuth: 283.6°