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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR6351

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:42 | Tran: 7:46 | Set: 17:45
Alt: 63.24°   Az: 117.28°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6351 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6351 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR6351 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 HR6351 star
DSS2 image of HR6351. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6351 during the next 10000 years (-11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 04m 48s
+34° 45’ 23”
22h 03m 24s
15h 08m 12s

J2000

17h 03m 53s
+34° 47’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

57.73°
36.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6351.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

2.38
A5V
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6351 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6351. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6351 is distant 176.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

54.05
176.22
-20 km/s
-0.068 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO65766
SAO65766

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6351 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.2°
Max altitude: 73.3°
Azimuth: 304.8°