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Sunset: 20:55
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HR6222

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:48 | Tran: 1:41 | Set: 11:29
Alt: 69.43°   Az: 217.58°   Direction: South-West

HR6222 is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6222 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR6222 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 HR6222 star
DSS2 image of HR6222. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6222 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 44m 48s
+33° 59’ 35”
00h 59m 54s
17h 44m 42s

J2000

16h 43m 51s
+34° 02’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

55.92°
40.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6222.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Giant

2.29
F2III
7526K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6222 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6222. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6222 is distant 179.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

54.98
179.22
-10 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/y
0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO65512
SAO65512

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6222 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.0°
Max altitude: 72.5°
Azimuth: 304.0°