HR6218

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:17 | Tran: 16:23 | Set: 19:30

Alt: -56.13° Az: 60.36° Direction: East-North-East

HR6218 is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6218 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR6218 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 HR6218. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6218 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 46m 33s

Declination -28° 33’ 13”

Hour Angle 14h 13m 51s

Sideral Time 07h 00m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 45m 00s

Declination -28° 30’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.63°

Galactic Latitude 11.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6218.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.80

Spectral Type A3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6218 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6218. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6218 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 HR6218 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.02

Secondary star magnitude 13.72

Magnitude difference 7.7

Separation 5.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6218 is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 55 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 231.48

Distance (light year) 754.63

Radial Speed -55 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD150894

SAO Catalogue SAO184602

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81992

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2812358

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 7944

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6218 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.6° RISE 13:17

Max altitude: 10.0° TRANSIT 16:23

Azimuth: 241.4° SET 19:30

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius