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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR6307

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:39 | Tran: 1:59 | Set: 10:14
Alt: 14.07°   Az: 291.57°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6307 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6307 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR6307 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 HR6307 star
DSS2 image of HR6307. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6307 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 58m 45s
+24° 20’ 37”
06h 32m 12s
23h 30m 58s

J2000

16h 57m 42s
+24° 22’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

44.89°
35.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6307.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Hypergiant

0.46
K0III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6307 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6307. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6307 is distant 485.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

148.81
485.12
-22 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO84726
SAO84726

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6307 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7°
Max altitude: 62.9°
Azimuth: 294.3°