HR6376

Altitude: 78.8° Azimuth: 168.1° Direction: South-South-East

HR6376 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6376 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6376 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6376:

Color of HR6376 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6376 6.34

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6376 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 78.8°
Azimuth: 168.1°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6376

HR6376 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6376 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 07m 46s

Declination J2000 +40° 30’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 64.9°

Galactic Latitude 36.29°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6376 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6376.

Visibility of HR6376 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6376 is circumpolar and transits at 11:51 UTC (altitude: 79.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6376

The image below is a photograph of HR6376 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6376 is -0.038 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6376. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6376 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6376 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6376 is distant 478.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 146.63 pc

Distance (light year) 478.01 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.038 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6376

HR6376 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature of HR6376 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6376 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6376. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6376

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155102

SAO Catalogue SAO46502

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83816

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 3103

FK5 Catalogue 636

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