HR6403

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:23 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 20:04

Alt: -9.78° Az: 232.84° Direction: South-West

HR6403 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6403 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR6403 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 HR6403. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6403 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 17m 26s

Declination -30° 14’ 11”

Hour Angle 04h 21m 29s

Sideral Time 21h 38m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 15m 51s

Declination -30° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.38°

Galactic Latitude 4.71°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6403.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.93

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6403 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6403. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6403 is distant 370.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.51

Distance (light year) 370.03

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155940

SAO Catalogue SAO208606

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84445

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3013968

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6403 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.2° RISE 14:23

Max altitude: 8.3° TRANSIT 17:14

Azimuth: 239.8° SET 20:04

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius