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Transit: 12:27 
Sunset: 18:43
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HR6390

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:40 | Tran: 22:46 | Set: 4:48
Alt: -2.77°   Az: 278.33°   Direction: West

HR6390 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6390 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR6390 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 HR6390 star
DSS2 image of HR6390. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6390 during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 12m 59s
+07° 51’ 55”
06h 15m 36s
23h 28m 35s

J2000

17h 11m 45s
+07° 53’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

28.6°
25.73°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

0.88
K0III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6390 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6390. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6390 is distant 401.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

123.30
401.97
-6 km/s
0.035 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122164
SAO122164

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6390 rise, transit and set times from Las Minas, Panama are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Panama):

Azimuth: 82.1°
Max altitude: 89.9°
Azimuth: 277.9°