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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6282

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:56 | Tran: 2:13 | Set: 4:27
Alt: -39.06°   Az: 97.08°   Direction: 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.

Image of HR6282 star
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

16h 57m 37s
-33° 32’ 44”
16h 30m 24s
09h 28m 02s

J2000

16h 55m 57s
-33° 30’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

350.19°
6.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6282.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

0.11
K5III
3503K

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

HR 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.

178.25
581.11
-93 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208205
SAO208205

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°
Max altitude: 5.0°
Azimuth: 236.5°