HR6334

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:05 | Tran: 2:14 | Set: 4:20

Alt: 0.94° Az: 202.73° Direction: South-South-West

HR6334 is a double supergiant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6334 visual magnitude is 4.87. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6334 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR6334. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6334 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 06m 29s

Declination -34° 09’ 21”

Hour Angle 01h 51m 18s

Sidereal Time 18h 57m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 04m 49s

Declination -34° 07’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 350.83°

Galactic Latitude 4.29°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.87

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.70

Spectral Type B1I

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6334 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6334. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6334 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 HR6334 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.87

Secondary star magnitude 13.97

Magnitude difference 9.1

Separation 20 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6334 is distant 2,672.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 819.67

Distance (light year) 2,672.13

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154090

SAO Catalogue SAO208377

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83574

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3311706

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6334 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.2° RISE 0:05

Max altitude: 4.4° TRANSIT 2:14

Azimuth: 235.8° SET 4:20

Set Location

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