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HR6302

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:12 | Tran: 7:53 | Set: 12:33
Alt: -27.71°   Az: 281.15°   Direction: West

HR6302 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6302 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR6302 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6302 star
DSS2 image of HR6302. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6302 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 00m 07s
-14° 54’ 22”
07h 43m 58s
00h 44m 05s

J2000

16h 58m 41s
-14° 52’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

5.8°
16.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6302.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59
Sub-giant

3.17
F3IV
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6302 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6302. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6302 is distant 157.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

48.38
157.72
-13 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160205
SAO160205

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6302 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.9°
Max altitude: 23.6°
Azimuth: 255.1°