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HR6261

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -4.81°   Az: 166.73°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6261 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6261 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR6261 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 HR6261 star
DSS2 image of HR6261. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6261 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 55m 45s
-42° 02’ 02”
22h 48m 14s
15h 43m 59s

J2000

16h 53m 58s
-41° 59’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

343.31°
1.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6261.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Supergiant

-23.68
B1I
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6261 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6261. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6261 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-36 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227374
SAO227374

Visibility from Your Location

HR6261 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK