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HR6275

Altitude: -28.0°   Azimuth: 219.7°   Direction: South-West

HR6275 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6275 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6275 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6275:

5.94
Main-sequence

HR6275 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -28.0°
Azimuth: 219.7°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6275

HR6275 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 HR6275 are provided in the following table:

16h 56m 28s
-52° 17’ 02”
335.55°
-5.68°
Ara

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6275 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6275 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6275.

Visibility of HR6275 from your location

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

HR6275 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6275

The image below is a photograph of HR6275 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6275 is -0.045 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.046 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6275 star
DSS2 image of HR6275. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6275 during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6275 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6275 is distant 314.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

96.62 pc
314.98 ly
-6 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/year
-0.046 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6275

HR6275 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.01
B9V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6275 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6275. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6275

SAO244285
SAO244285