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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR6214

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.09°   Az: 103.20°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6214 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6214 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR6214 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 HR6214 star
DSS2 image of HR6214. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6214 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 46m 28s
-40° 53’ 05”
16h 21m 32s
09h 08m 00s

J2000

16h 44m 42s
-40° 50’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

343.08°
3.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6214.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Main-sequence

-0.19
B3V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6214 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6214. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6214 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 HR6214 double sysyem:

5.71
12.01
6.3
8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6214 is distant 492.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

151.06
492.45
12 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227146
SAO227146

Visibility from Your Location

HR6214 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK