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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6342

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:38 | Tran: 7:46 | Set: 14:54
Alt: -18.44°   Az: 324.60°   Direction: North-West

HR6342 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6342 visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, HR6342 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 HR6342 star
DSS2 image of HR6342. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6342 during the next 1000 years (0.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 05m 07s
+13° 32’ 02”
09h 42m 19s
02h 47m 26s

J2000

17h 03m 57s
+13° 34’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

33.49°
29.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6342.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Giant

1.00
K1III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6342 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6342. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6342 is distant 337.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

103.52
337.47
46 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.129"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102569
SAO102569

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6342 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.5°
Max altitude: 52.1°
Azimuth: 283.5°