HR6351

Altitude: 32.8° Azimuth: 286.2° Direction: West-North-West

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

HR6351 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6351 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 HR6351:

Color of HR6351 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6351 6.04

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6351 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 286.2°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6351

HR6351 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6351 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 03m 53s

Declination J2000 +34° 47’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 57.73°

Galactic Latitude 36.21°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6351 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6351.

Visibility of HR6351 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 HR6351 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: 55.2° RISE 2:00

Max altitude: 73.3° TRANSIT 11:59

Azimuth: 304.8° SET 21:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6351

The image below is a photograph of HR6351 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 HR6351 is -0.068 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6351 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 54.05 pc

Distance (light year) 176.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.068 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6351

HR6351 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 2.38

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature of HR6351 8011K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6351

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154431

SAO Catalogue SAO65766

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83494

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 2890

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