HR6347

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:46 | Tran: 2:35 | Set: 4:21

Alt: 2.78° Az: 173.84° Direction: South

HR6347 is a double supergiant star of spectral class O9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6347 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR6347 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 08m 09s

Declination -35° 28’ 59”

Hour Angle 23h 29m 44s

Sidereal Time 16h 37m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 06m 28s

Declination -35° 27’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 349.97°

Galactic Latitude 3.22°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.13

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.69

Spectral Type O9I

Color Index (B-V) 0.5

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 1,194.14

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154368

SAO Catalogue SAO208410

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83706

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3511306

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 125.5° RISE 0:46

Max altitude: 3.0° TRANSIT 2:35

Azimuth: 234.5° SET 4:21

Set Location

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