HR6278

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:55 | Tran: 16:52 | Set: 21:50

Alt: -33.36° Az: 295.66° Direction: West-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 16h 56m 03s

Declination -11° 49’ 51”

Hour Angle 08h 38m 52s

Sideral Time 01h 34m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 54m 40s

Declination -11° 47’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 7.87°

Galactic Latitude 19.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6278.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.57

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 1.78

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

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

Distance (parsec) 90.66

Distance (light year) 295.56

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152585

SAO Catalogue SAO160159

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82737

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 4231

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° RISE 11:55

Max altitude: 26.7° TRANSIT 16:52

Azimuth: 258.2° SET 21:50

Set Location

Other stars in Ophiuchus