HR6282

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:21 | Tran: 16:34 | Set: 18:48

Alt: -23.16° Az: 115.32° Direction: East-South-East

HR6282 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6282 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR6282 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 HR6282. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6282 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 57m 35s

Declination -33° 32’ 41”

Hour Angle 18h 17m 15s

Sideral Time 11h 14m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 55m 57s

Declination -33° 30’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 350.19°

Galactic Latitude 6.12°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6282.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.71

Temperature 3503K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6282 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6282. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6282 is distant 581.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 93 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 178.25

Distance (light year) 581.11

Radial Speed -93 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152636

SAO Catalogue SAO208205

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82855

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3311570

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6282 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.5° RISE 14:21

Max altitude: 5.0° TRANSIT 16:34

Azimuth: 236.5° SET 18:48

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius