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public  Mescherin, Germania Mescherin, Germania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 4:46 
Transit: 13:07 
Sunset: 21:27
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HR6244

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -33.89°   Az: 250.87°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6244 is a variable and double star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6244 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR6244 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 HR6244 star
DSS2 image of HR6244. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6244 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 52m 43s
-37° 33’ 21”
06h 33m 32s
23h 26m 16s

J2000

16h 50m 59s
-37° 30’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

346.42°
4.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6244.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
HR6244 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.98
B9
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6244 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6244. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6244 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6244 double sysyem:

6.11
8.31
2.2
6.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6244 is distant 853.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

261.78
853.40
-17 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208089
SAO208089

Visibility from Your Location

HR6244 is currently not visible from Mescherin, Germania