HR6387

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:53 | Tran: 12:06 | Set: 15:20

Alt: 7.24° Az: 203.91° Direction: South-South-West

HR6387 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6387 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR6387 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 HR6387. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6387 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 13m 58s

Declination -27° 47’ 24”

Hour Angle 01h 48m 07s

Sidereal Time 19h 02m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 12m 24s

Declination -27° 45’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.95°

Galactic Latitude 6.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6387.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.02

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6387 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6387. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6387 is distant 546.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 167.50

Distance (light year) 546.06

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155401

SAO Catalogue SAO185142

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84175

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2711516

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6387 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.8° RISE 8:53

Max altitude: 10.7° TRANSIT 12:06

Azimuth: 242.2° SET 15:20

Set Location

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