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HR6398

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.70°   Az: 117.05°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6398 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6398 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR6398 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 HR6398 star
DSS2 image of HR6398. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6398 during the next 1000 years (-3.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 17m 20s
-38° 37’ 14”
18h 03m 49s
11h 21m 10s

J2000

17h 15m 35s
-38° 35’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

348.52°
-0.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6398.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Main-sequence

3.53
F7V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6398 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6398. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6398 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 HR6398 double sysyem:

5.96
6.06
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6398 is distant 100.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 54 kilometers per second.

30.67
100.00
-54 km/s
-0.182 arcsec/y
-0.412"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208591
SAO208591

Visibility from Your Location

HR6398 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK