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HR6197

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -11.17°   Az: 158.69°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6197 is a supergiant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6197 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR6197 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 HR6197 star
DSS2 image of HR6197. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6197 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 44m 51s
-46° 06’ 55”
21h 56m 11s
14h 41m 03s

J2000

16h 43m 03s
-46° 04’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

338.93°
-0.02°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6197 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6197.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Supergiant

-23.77
F5I
5134K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6197 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6197. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6197 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-16 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227092
SAO227092

Visibility from Your Location

HR6197 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK