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HR6196

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:12 | Tran: 1:39 | Set: 6:02
Alt: 15.96°   Az: 209.61°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6196 is a bright giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6196 visual magnitude is 4.96. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6196 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 HR6196 star
DSS2 image of HR6196. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6196 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 43m 02s
-17° 47’ 21”
01h 59m 43s
18h 42m 45s

J2000

16h 41m 34s
-17° 44’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

0.82°
18.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6196.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.96
Bright giant

-0.43
G7II
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6196 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6196. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6196 is distant 390.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

119.90
390.89
-25 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160046
SAO160046

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6196 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.8°
Max altitude: 20.7°
Azimuth: 252.2°