HR6298

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:00 | Tran: 16:57 | Set: 17:53

Alt: -44.73° Az: 97.84° Direction: East

HR6298 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6298 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR6298 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 HR6298. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6298 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 00m 33s

Declination -37° 39’ 25”

Hour Angle 16h 11m 00s

Sideral Time 09h 11m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 58m 52s

Declination -37° 37’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 347.32°

Galactic Latitude 3.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6298.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.51

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6298 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6298. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6298 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6298 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.09

Secondary star magnitude 6.29

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6298 is distant 268.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.44

Distance (light year) 268.76

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD153072

SAO Catalogue SAO208259

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83100

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3711131

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6298 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.7° RISE 16:00

Max altitude: 0.9° TRANSIT 16:57

Azimuth: 232.3° SET 17:53

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius