HR6327

Altitude: 0.1° Azimuth: 186.7° Direction: South

HR6327 is a variable sub-giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6327 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6327 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 HR6327:

Color of HR6327 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6327 5.91

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6327 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 0.1°
Azimuth: 186.7°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6327

HR6327 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6327 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 03m 50s

Declination J2000 -38° 09’ 07”

Galactic Longitude 347.5°

Galactic Latitude 2°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6327 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6327.

Visibility of HR6327 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 HR6327 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: 128.2° RISE 11:07

Max altitude: 0.4° TRANSIT 11:44

Azimuth: 231.8° SET 12:21

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6327

The image below is a photograph of HR6327 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 HR6327 is 0.071 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6327. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6327 during the next 10000 years (11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6327 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6327 is distant 208.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.06 pc

Distance (light year) 208.84 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.071 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6327

HR6327 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.88

Spectral Type F4IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.38

Temperature of HR6327 6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6327 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6327. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6327

Henry Draper Catalogue HD153890

SAO Catalogue SAO208355

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83491

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3711201

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V923 Sco

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