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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR6290

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:33 | Tran: 7:41 | Set: 14:50
Alt: 48.80°   Az: 210.38°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6290 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6290 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR6290 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 HR6290 star
DSS2 image of HR6290. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6290 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 56m 25s
+13° 34’ 51”
01h 20m 09s
18h 16m 35s

J2000

16h 55m 15s
+13° 37’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

32.56°
31.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6290.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Main-sequence

1.86
F3V
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6290 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6290. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6290 is distant 256.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

78.62
256.29
-5 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102474
SAO102474

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6290 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.4°
Max altitude: 52.1°
Azimuth: 283.6°