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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6371

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -43.35°   Az: 248.65°   Direction: West-South-West

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.

Image of HR6371 star
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

17h 12m 32s
-44° 35’ 13”
07h 12m 06s
00h 24m 39s

J2000

17h 10m 42s
-44° 33’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

343.15°
-2.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6371.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Giant

0.26
G8III
5106K

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

HR 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:

5.08
12.98
7.9
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.

92.00
299.91
-7 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
-0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227688
SAO227688

Visibility from Your Location

HR6371 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK