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HR6400

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.40°   Az: 181.46°   Direction: South

HR6400 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Apus.

HR6400 visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its faintness, HR6400 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6400 star
DSS2 image of HR6400. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6400 during the next 1000 years (-0.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 23m 01s
-70° 04’ 07”
11h 54m 33s
05h 17m 34s

J2000

17h 20m 12s
-70° 02’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

322.26°
-18.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6400.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.53
Hypergiant

3.59
G0IV
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6400 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6400. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6400 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6400 double sysyem:

6.53
9.23
2.7
1.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6400 is distant 126.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

38.79
126.45
-5 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/y
-0.201"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253870
SAO253870

Visibility from Your Location

HR6400 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK