HR6389

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:36 | Tran: 17:03 | Set: 19:30

Alt: 6.05° Az: 179.91° Direction: South

HR6389 is a double bright giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6389 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR6389 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 HR6389. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6389 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 14m 35s

Declination -32° 27’ 58”

Hour Angle 23h 59m 33s

Sideral Time 17h 14m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 12m 58s

Declination -32° 26’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 353.2°

Galactic Latitude 3.91°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6389.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.01

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -4.29

Spectral Type B1II

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature 9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6389 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6389. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6389 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 HR6389 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.01

Secondary star magnitude 13.51

Magnitude difference 7.5

Separation 30 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6389 is distant 3,747.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,149.43

Distance (light year) 3,747.13

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155450

SAO Catalogue SAO208539

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84226

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3212460

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6389 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.5° RISE 14:36

Max altitude: 6.1° TRANSIT 17:03

Azimuth: 237.5° SET 19:30

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius