HR6211

Altitude: -62.5° Azimuth: 304.4° Direction: North-West

HR6211 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6211 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6211 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 HR6211:

Color of HR6211 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6211 6.46

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6211 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -62.5°
Azimuth: 304.4°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6211

HR6211 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 HR6211 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 43m 38s

Declination J2000 -32° 06’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 349.63°

Galactic Latitude 9.01°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6211 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6211.

Visibility of HR6211 from your location

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

Today's HR6211 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.1° RISE 22:19

Max altitude: 6.4° TRANSIT 0:51

Azimuth: 237.9° SET 3:26

RIGHT NOW HR6211 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6211

The image below is a photograph of HR6211 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 HR6211 is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6211. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6211 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6211 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6211 is distant 783.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 240.38 pc

Distance (light year) 783.65 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6211

HR6211 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.44

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR6211 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6211 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6211. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6211

Henry Draper Catalogue HD150638

SAO Catalogue SAO207967

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81891

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3113161

FK5 Catalogue 3325

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius