HR6253

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -62.60° Az: 226.08° Direction: South-West

HR6253 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6253 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR6253 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 HR6253. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6253 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 57m 44s

Declination -63° 18’ 26”

Hour Angle 08h 49m 46s

Sidereal Time 01h 47m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 55m 24s

Declination -63° 16’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 326.67°

Galactic Latitude -12.31°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6253.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.33

Spectral Type A0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6253 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6253. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6253 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 HR6253 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.02

Secondary star magnitude 12.92

Magnitude difference 6.9

Separation 7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6253 is distant 448.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 137.55

Distance (light year) 448.42

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152082

SAO Catalogue SAO253734

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82806

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-63 4032

Visibility from Your Location

HR6253 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Ara