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TimezoneEurope/Mariehamn
Sunrise: 4:37 
Transit: 13:45 
Sunset: 22:53
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HR6389

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -46.22°   Az: 285.23°   Direction: West-North-West

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.

Image of HR6389 star
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

17h 14m 38s
-32° 28’ 01”
08h 30m 47s
01h 45m 25s

J2000

17h 12m 58s
-32° 26’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

353.2°
3.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6389.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.01
Bright giant

-4.29
B1II
9328K

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

HR 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:

6.01
13.51
7.5
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.

1,149.43
3,747.13
17 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208539
SAO208539

Visibility from Your Location

HR6389 is currently not visible from Finström, Aland