HR6316

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:54 | Tran: 1:28 | Set: 3:58

Alt: 1.09° Az: 208.47° Direction: South-South-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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 03m 31s

Declination -32° 10’ 43”

Hour Angle 02h 17m 03s

Sidereal Time 19h 20m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 01m 52s

Declination -32° 08’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.04°

Galactic Latitude 5.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6316.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.03

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.86

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6316 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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:

Main star magnitude 5.03

Secondary star magnitude 12.53

Magnitude difference 7.5

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 150.60

Distance (light year) 490.96

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD153613

SAO Catalogue SAO208324

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83336

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3113473

FK5 Catalogue 3354

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° RISE 22:54

Max altitude: 6.3° TRANSIT 1:28

Azimuth: 237.8° SET 3:58

Set Location

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