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Sunset: 20:54
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HR6340

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:56 | Tran: 2:06 | Set: 6:12
Alt: 11.26°   Az: 214.48°   Direction: South-West

HR6340 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6340 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR6340 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 HR6340 star
DSS2 image of HR6340. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6340 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 06m 15s
-20° 31’ 40”
02h 25m 27s
19h 31m 43s

J2000

17h 04m 45s
-20° 29’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

1.91°
12.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6340.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Sub-giant

0.87
B6IV
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6340 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6340. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6340 is distant 397.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

121.80
397.08
-11 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184999
SAO184999

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6340 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.5°
Max altitude: 18.0°
Azimuth: 249.5°