HR6277

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:32 | Tran: 18:22 | Set: 0:12

Alt: -39.55° Az: 12.22° Direction: North-North-East

HR6277 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6277 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR6277 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.

DSS2 image of HR6277. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6277 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 55m 27s

Declination -01° 39’ 02”

Hour Angle 12h 37m 35s

Sideral Time 05h 33m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 54m 10s

Declination -01° 36’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 17.04°

Galactic Latitude 25.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6277.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.25

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.93

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6277 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6277. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6277 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 HR6277 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.25

Secondary star magnitude 13.25

Magnitude difference 7

Separation 15 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6277 is distant 237.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 72.99

Distance (light year) 237.96

Radial Speed -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152569

SAO Catalogue SAO141427

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82693

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3268

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6277 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.7° RISE 12:32

Max altitude: 36.9° TRANSIT 18:22

Azimuth: 268.3° SET 0:12

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Ophiuchus