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HR6265

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -17.42°   Az: 223.21°   Direction: South-West

HR6265 is a variable and double star of spectral class W in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6265 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR6265 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6265 star
DSS2 image of HR6265. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6265 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 56m 04s
-41° 51’ 30”
04h 05m 11s
21h 01m 15s

J2000

16h 54m 19s
-41° 49’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

343.49°
1.16°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6265 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6265.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59

-23.41
W
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6265 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6265. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6265 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 HR6265 double sysyem:

6.59
13.19
6.6
4.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6265 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-44 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227390
SAO227390

Visibility from Your Location

HR6265 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK