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HR6338

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -60.50°   Az: 267.12°   Direction: West

HR6338 is a giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6338 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR6338 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 HR6338 star
DSS2 image of HR6338. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6338 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 07m 38s
-44° 08’ 15”
09h 06m 58s
02h 14m 36s

J2000

17h 05m 48s
-44° 06’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

342.98°
-1.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6338.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

2.09
A4III
7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6338 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6338. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6338 is distant 215.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

65.96
215.04
-33 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227615
SAO227615

Visibility from Your Location

HR6338 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK