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HR6197

HR6197 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6197 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6197 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6197:

6.23
Supergiant
HR6197 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6197

HR6197 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6197 are provided in the following table:

16h 43m 03s
-46° 04’ 14”
338.93°
-0.02°
Ara

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6197 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6197 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6197.

Visibility of HR6197 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6197 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6197

The image below is a photograph of HR6197 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6197 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6197 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
32,600,000.00 ly
-16 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/year
-0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6197

HR6197 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR6197

SAO227092
SAO227092