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HR6266

Altitude: -7.4°   Azimuth: 201.6°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6266 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6266 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6266 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR6266 is -0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about HR6266

5.88
Supergiant

HR6266 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -7.4°
Azimuth: 201.6°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6266

HR6266 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6266 are provided in the following table:

16h 54m 26s
-42° 28’ 44”
342.99°
0.73°
Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6266 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6266 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6266.

Visibility of HR6266 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6266 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR6266 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
32,600,000.00 ly
-24 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/year
-0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6266

HR6266 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR6266

SAO227392
SAO227392