HR6326

Altitude: 38.6° Azimuth: 241.7° Direction: West-South-West

HR6326 is a variable and double star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6326 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6326 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6326:

Color of HR6326 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6326 6.31

Class

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HR6326 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 38.6°
Azimuth: 241.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6326

HR6326 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6326 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 01m 32s

Declination J2000 +14° 56’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 34.69°

Galactic Latitude 30.95°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6326 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6326.

Visibility of HR6326 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6326 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.1° RISE 4:25

Max altitude: 53.5° TRANSIT 11:41

Azimuth: 284.9° SET 18:57

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6326

The image below is a photograph of HR6326 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6326 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6326. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6326 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6326 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6326 is distant 550.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 168.92 pc

Distance (light year) 550.68 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6326

HR6326 belongs to spectral class B9 HR6326 is also a CrEu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature of HR6326 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6326 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6326. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR6326 star system properties

HR6326 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6326 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.31

Secondary star magnitude 10.91

Magnitude difference 4.6

Separation 19 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR6326

Henry Draper Catalogue HD153882

SAO Catalogue SAO102536

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83308

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 3095

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V451 Her

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS10310

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