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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR6245

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -46.86°   Az: 102.03°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6245 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class O8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6245 visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, HR6245 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 HR6245 star
DSS2 image of HR6245. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6245 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 53m 20s
-41° 16’ 18”
16h 11m 25s
09h 04m 46s

J2000

16h 51m 33s
-41° 13’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

343.62°
1.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6245.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Supergiant

-6.37
O8I
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6245 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6245. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6245 is distant 6,791.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

2,083.33
6,791.67
-65 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227313
SAO227313

Visibility from Your Location

HR6245 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK