HR6344

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:48 | Tran: 16:56 | Set: 18:05

Alt: -75.55° Az: 348.46° Direction: North-North-West

HR6344 is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6344 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR6344 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.

DSS2 image of HR6344. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6344 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 08m 00s

Declination -37° 15’ 32”

Hour Angle 11h 45m 37s

Sideral Time 04h 53m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 06m 20s

Declination -37° 13’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 348.53°

Galactic Latitude 2.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6344.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.42

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature 9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6344 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6344. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6344 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6344 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.98

Secondary star magnitude 10.88

Magnitude difference 4.9

Separation 5.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6344 is distant 421.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 129.37

Distance (light year) 421.73

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154310

SAO Catalogue SAO208406

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83693

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3711274

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6344 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.3° RISE 15:48

Max altitude: 1.3° TRANSIT 16:56

Azimuth: 232.7° SET 18:05

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius