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HR6368

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.56°   Az: 171.67°   Direction: South

HR6368 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6368 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR6368 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 HR6368 star
DSS2 image of HR6368. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6368 during the next 1000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 15m 53s
-67° 13’ 27”
22h 44m 02s
15h 59m 55s

J2000

17h 13m 17s
-67° 11’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

324.46°
-16.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6368.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Hypergiant

0.89
K0III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6368 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6368. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6368 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6368 double sysyem:

5.89
9.09
3.2
34.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6368 is distant 326.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

100.20
326.65
-8 km/s
-0.18 arcsec/y
-0.093"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253827
SAO253827

Visibility from Your Location

HR6368 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK