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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
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Sunset: 20:45
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HR6266

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.59°   Az: 70.24°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6266 is a supergiant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6266 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR6266 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 HR6266 star
DSS2 image of HR6266. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6266 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 56m 14s
-42° 31’ 05”
13h 35m 07s
06h 31m 22s

J2000

16h 54m 26s
-42° 28’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

342.99°
0.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6266.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Supergiant

-24.12
F5I
5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6266 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6266. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6266 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-24 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227392
SAO227392

Visibility from Your Location

HR6266 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK