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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR6215

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.04°   Az: 223.74°   Direction: South-West

HR6215 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6215 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR6215 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 HR6215 star
DSS2 image of HR6215. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6215 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 48m 31s
-58° 32’ 51”
05h 52m 17s
22h 40m 49s

J2000

16h 46m 21s
-58° 30’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

329.77°
-8.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6215.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Sub-giant

-1.31
B2IV
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6215 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6215. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6215 is distant 838.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

257.07
838.05
-16 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO244122
SAO244122

Visibility from Your Location

HR6215 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK