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public  Shiling, China Shiling, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:46 
Transit: 12:31 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR6294

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:19 | Tran: 22:42 | Set: 4:05
Alt: 4.77°   Az: 113.75°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6294 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6294 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR6294 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 HR6294 star
DSS2 image of HR6294. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6294 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 58m 34s
-19° 34’ 40”
18h 58m 02s
11h 56m 36s

J2000

16h 57m 03s
-19° 32’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

1.62°
14.41°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Main-sequence

-0.33
B6V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6294 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6294. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6294 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6294 double sysyem:

6.27
7.37
1.1
4.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6294 is distant 682.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

209.21
682.01
-27 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160180
SAO160180

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6294 rise, transit and set times from Shiling, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 109.6°
Max altitude: 47.0°
Azimuth: 250.4°