HR6211

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:14 | Tran: 23:25 | Set: 2:36

Alt: -65.28° Az: 62.97° Direction: East-North-East

HR6211 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6211 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR6211 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 45m 17s

Declination -32° 09’ 07”

Hour Angle 13h 44m 26s

Sidereal Time 06h 29m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 43m 38s

Declination -32° 06’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 349.63°

Galactic Latitude 9.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6211.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.44

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 783.65

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD150638

SAO Catalogue SAO207967

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81891

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3113161

FK5 Catalogue 3325

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6211 rise, transit and set times from Bayanbulag, Mongolia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Ulaanbaatar):

Azimuth: 122.2° RISE 20:14

Max altitude: 11.0° TRANSIT 23:25

Azimuth: 237.8° SET 2:36

Name:	Bayanbulag, Mongolia
Latitude:	46° 48' 35.3" N
Longitude:	98° 5' 24.4" E
Timezone:	Asia/Ulaanbaatar

Set Location

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