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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6336

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:18 | Tran: 7:44 | Set: 17:06
Alt: 66.20°   Az: 221.55°   Direction: South-West

HR6336 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6336 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR6336 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 HR6336 star
DSS2 image of HR6336. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6336 during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 03m 14s
+31° 51’ 00”
01h 13m 28s
18h 16m 43s

J2000

17h 02m 17s
+31° 53’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

54.12°
35.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6336.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

1.30
K0
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6336 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6336. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6336 is distant 334.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

102.67
334.70
-13 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO65745
SAO65745

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6336 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.1°
Max altitude: 70.4°
Azimuth: 301.9°