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HR6207

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -67.88°   Az: 251.12°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6207 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6207 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR6207 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 HR6207 star
DSS2 image of HR6207. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6207 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 46m 37s
-53° 11’ 46”
09h 34m 00s
02h 20m 38s

J2000

16h 44m 39s
-53° 09’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

333.74°
-4.85°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6207 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6207.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Giant

-0.66
G8III
4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6207 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6207. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6207 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6207 double sysyem:

5.96
11.96
6
40 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6207 is distant 687.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

210.97
687.76
-2 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO244106
SAO244106

Visibility from Your Location

HR6207 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK