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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:30 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 16:58
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HR6259

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:11 | Tran: 7:44 | Set: 17:14
Alt: 12.23°   Az: 307.65°   Direction: North-West

HR6259 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6259 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR6259 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 HR6259 star
DSS2 image of HR6259. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6259 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 51m 39s
+32° 30’ 44”
07h 33m 40s
00h 25m 20s

J2000

16h 50m 43s
+32° 33’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

54.34°
38.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6259.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Hypergiant

1.21
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6259 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6259. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6259 is distant 314.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

96.53
314.67
-30 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO65595
SAO65595

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6259 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.5°
Max altitude: 71.0°
Azimuth: 302.5°