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HR6209

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.57°   Az: 309.90°   Direction: North-West

HR6209 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6209 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR6209 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 HR6209 star
DSS2 image of HR6209. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6209 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 45m 37s
-41° 09’ 26”
11h 01m 09s
03h 46m 46s

J2000

16h 43m 53s
-41° 06’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

342.77°
3.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6209 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6209.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Main-sequence

0.26
B6V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6209 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6209. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6209 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6209 double sysyem:

6.12
6.22
0.1
95.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6209 is distant 485.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

148.81
485.12
-2 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227123
SAO227123

Visibility from Your Location

HR6209 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK