HR6282

Altitude: -52.3° Azimuth: 79.9° Direction: East

HR6282 is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6282 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6282 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 HR6282:

Color of HR6282 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6282 6.37

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6282 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -52.3°
Azimuth: 79.9°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6282

HR6282 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 HR6282 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 55m 57s

Declination J2000 -33° 30’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 350.19°

Galactic Latitude 6.12°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6282 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6282.

Visibility of HR6282 from your location

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

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

Azimuth: 123.5° RISE 22:49

Max altitude: 5.0° TRANSIT 1:07

Azimuth: 236.5° SET 3:21

RIGHT NOW HR6282 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6282

The image below is a photograph of HR6282 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 HR6282 is 0.023 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6282 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 581.11 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -93 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.023 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6282

HR6282 belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.71

Temperature of HR6282 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

Alternative designations of HR6282

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152636

SAO Catalogue SAO208205

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82855

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3311570

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius