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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR6412

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:08 | Tran: 2:21 | Set: 8:30
Alt: -4.74°   Az: 279.49°   Direction: West

HR6412 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6412 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR6412 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 HR6412 star
DSS2 image of HR6412. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6412 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 17m 30s
+02° 09’ 34”
06h 41m 31s
23h 59m 02s

J2000

17h 16m 14s
+02° 11’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

23.62°
22.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6412.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Main-sequence

-0.11
A2V
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6412 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6412. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6412 is distant 588.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

180.51
588.45
4 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122224
SAO122224

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6412 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.8°
Max altitude: 40.7°
Azimuth: 272.2°