HR6260

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -15.74° Az: 220.63° Direction: South-West

HR6260 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6260 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR6260 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 HR6260. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6260 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 55m 49s

Declination -41° 50’ 46”

Hour Angle 03h 49m 08s

Sidereal Time 20h 44m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 54m 01s

Declination -41° 48’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 343.46°

Galactic Latitude 1.22°

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Finder chart for HR6260.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.45

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -5.85

Spectral Type B0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6260 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6260. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6260 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 HR6260 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.45

Secondary star magnitude 6.95

Magnitude difference 1.5

Separation 0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6260 is distant 5,927.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,818.18

Distance (light year) 5,927.27

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152234

SAO Catalogue SAO227377

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82676

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4111024

Visibility from Your Location

HR6260 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

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