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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR6216

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:58 | Tran: 2:17 | Set: 5:33
Alt: -35.49°   Az: 269.14°   Direction: West

HR6216 is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6216 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR6216 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6216 star
DSS2 image of HR6216. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6216 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 45m 51s
-27° 30’ 05”
07h 33m 31s
00h 19m 23s

J2000

16h 44m 17s
-27° 27’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

353.35°
11.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6216.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.58
Main-sequence

1.77
A2V
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6216 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6216. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6216 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6216 double sysyem:

6.58
10.58
4
2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6216 is distant 299.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

91.74
299.08
-26 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184591
SAO184591

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6216 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.0°
Azimuth: 242.5°