HR6371

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -63.65° Az: 90.19° Direction: East

HR6371 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6371 visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, HR6371 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.

DSS2 image of HR6371. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6371 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 12m 31s

Declination -44° 35’ 11”

Hour Angle 14h 34m 14s

Sidereal Time 07h 46m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 10m 42s

Declination -44° 33’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 343.15°

Galactic Latitude -2.87°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.08

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.26

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature 5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6371 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6371. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6371 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 HR6371 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.08

Secondary star magnitude 12.98

Magnitude difference 7.9

Separation 13.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6371 is distant 299.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 92.00

Distance (light year) 299.91

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154948

SAO Catalogue SAO227688

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84033

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4411502

Visibility from Your Location

HR6371 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

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