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HR6316

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:02 | Tran: 7:33 | Set: 10:03
Alt: -55.25°   Az: 288.10°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6316 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6316 visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, HR6316 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 HR6316 star
DSS2 image of HR6316. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6316 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 03m 30s
-32° 10’ 41”
09h 20m 47s
02h 24m 17s

J2000

17h 01m 52s
-32° 08’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

352.04°
5.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6316.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Main-sequence

-0.86
B8V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6316 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6316. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6316 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 HR6316 double sysyem:

5.03
12.53
7.5
23.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6316 is distant 490.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

150.60
490.96
5 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208324
SAO208324

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6316 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.2°
Max altitude: 6.3°
Azimuth: 237.8°