HR6428

Altitude: 20.0° Azimuth: 200.2° Direction: South-South-West

HR6428 is a giant star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6428 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6428 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6428:

Color of HR6428 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6428 6.43

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6428 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 20.0°
Azimuth: 200.2°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6428

HR6428 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6428 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 18m 19s

Declination J2000 -16° 18’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 7.3°

Galactic Latitude 12.09°

Constellation Ophiuchus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6428 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6428.

Visibility of HR6428 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6428 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3° RISE 7:45

Max altitude: 22.2° TRANSIT 12:18

Azimuth: 253.7° SET 16:50

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6428

The image below is a photograph of HR6428 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6428 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6428. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6428 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6428 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6428 is distant 804.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 246.91 pc

Distance (light year) 804.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6428

HR6428 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.53

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.66

Temperature of HR6428 3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6428 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6428. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6428

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156462

SAO Catalogue SAO160440

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84649

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 4470

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