HR6386

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:12 | Tran: 2:49 | Set: 6:22

Alt: -46.05° Az: 288.37° Direction: West-North-West

HR6386 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6386 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR6386 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR6386. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6386 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 13m 47s

Declination -25° 17’ 00”

Hour Angle 08h 52m 58s

Sidereal Time 02h 06m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 12m 13s

Declination -25° 15’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 358.98°

Galactic Latitude 8.23°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.54

Class Hypergiant

HR6386 is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.26

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6386 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6386. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6386 is distant 370.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.51

Distance (light year) 370.03

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155379

SAO Catalogue SAO185138

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84147

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2512018

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6386 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.3° RISE 23:12

Max altitude: 13.2° TRANSIT 2:49

Azimuth: 244.7° SET 6:22

Set Location

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