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HR6365

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:22 | Tran: 7:47 | Set: 12:11
Alt: 5.74°   Az: 127.98°   Direction: South-East

HR6365 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6365 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR6365 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 HR6365 star
DSS2 image of HR6365. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6365 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 09m 42s
-17° 38’ 24”
20h 18m 28s
13h 28m 10s

J2000

17h 08m 14s
-17° 36’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

4.82°
13.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6365.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Hypergiant

0.54
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6365 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6365. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6365 is distant 400.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

123.00
400.98
-14 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160305
SAO160305

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6365 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.6°
Max altitude: 20.9°
Azimuth: 252.4°