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public  São Sepé, Brazil São Sepé, Brazil  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo
Sunrise: 7:32 
Transit: 12:38 
Sunset: 17:44
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HR6206

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:34 | Tran: 22:38 | Set: 6:37
Alt: -14.78°   Az: 199.83°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6206 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6206 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR6206 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 HR6206 star
DSS2 image of HR6206. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6206 during the next 10000 years (-7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 45m 32s
-41° 09’ 53”
10h 16m 39s
03h 02m 11s

J2000

16h 43m 45s
-41° 07’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

342.75°
3.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6206.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

0.60
A4V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6206 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6206. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6206 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6206 double sysyem:

6.2
6.3
0.1
95.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6206 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

131.93
430.08
-26 km/s
-0.046 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227118
SAO227118

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6206 rise, transit and set times from São Sepé, Brazil are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Sao_Paulo):

Azimuth: 131.2°
Max altitude: 79.0°
Azimuth: 228.8°