HR6201

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:26 | Tran: 16:19 | Set: 22:12

Alt: -8.58° Az: 80.80° Direction: East

HR6201 is a giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6201 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR6201 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.

DSS2 image of HR6201. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6201 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 42m 28s

Declination -01° 02’ 48”

Hour Angle 17h 09m 57s

Sideral Time 09h 52m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 41m 11s

Declination -01° 00’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 15.73°

Galactic Latitude 28.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6201.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.24

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.87

Spectral Type A7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature 7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6201 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6201. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6201 is distant 153.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.13

Distance (light year) 153.63

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD150451

SAO Catalogue SAO141310

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81687

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 3168

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6201 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.0° RISE 10:26

Max altitude: 37.5° TRANSIT 16:19

Azimuth: 269.0° SET 22:12

Set Location

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