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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:20 
Transit: 12:46 
Sunset: 18:11
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HR6364

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:40 | Tran: 16:40 | Set: 0:40
Alt: 45.63°   Az: 114.96°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6364 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6364 visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, HR6364 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 HR6364 star
DSS2 image of HR6364. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6364 during the next 1000 years (-1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 07m 21s
+22° 03’ 08”
21h 07m 20s
14h 14m 41s

J2000

17h 06m 18s
+22° 05’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

43°
32.45°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6364 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6364.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Giant

0.36
K3III
4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6364 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6364. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6364 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 HR6364 double sysyem:

5.56
13.46
7.9
30.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6364 is distant 357.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 96 kilometers per second.

109.77
357.85
-96 km/s
-0.094 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO84835
SAO84835

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6364 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.9°
Max altitude: 60.6°
Azimuth: 292.1°