HR6413

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:12 | Tran: 16:39 | Set: 22:05

Alt: -44.79° Az: 359.87° Direction: North

HR6413 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6413 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR6413 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 HR6413. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6413 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 18m 02s

Declination -06° 16’ 13”

Hour Angle 11h 59m 38s

Sidereal Time 05h 17m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 16m 42s

Declination -06° 14’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 15.9°

Galactic Latitude 17.8°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6413.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.61

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6413 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6413. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6413 is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156227

SAO Catalogue SAO141585

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84524

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 4575

FK5 Catalogue 3371

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6413 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.3° RISE 11:12

Max altitude: 32.2° TRANSIT 16:39

Azimuth: 263.7° SET 22:05

Set Location

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