HR6347

HR6347 is a double supergiant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6347 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6347 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6347:

Color of HR6347 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6347 6.13

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6347 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6347

HR6347 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6347 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 06m 28s

Declination J2000 -35° 27’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 349.97°

Galactic Latitude 3.22°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6347 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6347.

Visibility of HR6347 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6347 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.5° RISE 23:32

Max altitude: 3.1° TRANSIT 1:21

Azimuth: 234.5° SET 3:07

RIGHT NOW HR6347 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6347

The image below is a photograph of HR6347 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6347 is 0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6347. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6347 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6347 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6347 is distant 1,194.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 366.30 pc

Distance (light year) 1,194.14 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6347

HR6347 belongs to spectral class O9 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.69

Spectral Type O9I

Color Index (B-V) 0.5

Temperature of HR6347 6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6347 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6347. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR6347 star system properties

HR6347 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6347 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.13

Secondary star magnitude 12.63

Magnitude difference 6.5

Separation 2.8 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR6347

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154368

SAO Catalogue SAO208410

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83706

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3511306

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius