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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR6278

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:22 | Tran: 2:23 | Set: 7:21
Alt: 14.20°   Az: 131.11°   Direction: South-East

HR6278 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6278 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR6278 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6278 star
DSS2 image of HR6278. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6278 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 56m 05s
-11° 49’ 54”
20h 46m 56s
13h 43m 01s

J2000

16h 54m 40s
-11° 47’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

7.87°
19.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6278.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57
Sub-giant

1.78
A2IV
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6278 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6278. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6278 is distant 295.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

90.66
295.56
-5 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160159
SAO160159

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6278 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.8°
Max altitude: 26.7°
Azimuth: 258.2°