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TimezoneEurope/London
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All Constellations » Triangulum Australe » 

HR6231

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -70.58°   Az: 205.11°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6231 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

HR6231 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR6231 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 HR6231 star
DSS2 image of HR6231. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6231 during the next 10000 years (-12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 54m 54s
-67° 43’ 20”
10h 32m 36s
03h 27m 31s

J2000

16h 52m 17s
-67° 40’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

322.86°
-14.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6231.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Giant

1.00
K2III
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6231 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6231. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6231 is distant 377.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

115.74
377.31
8 km/s
-0.073 arcsec/y
-0.064"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253718
SAO253718

Visibility from Your Location

HR6231 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK