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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6428

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:03 | Tran: 2:39 | Set: 7:11
Alt: 7.72°   Az: 231.24°   Direction: South-West

HR6428 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6428 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its faintness, HR6428 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 HR6428 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 19m 47s
-16° 20’ 13”
03h 34m 30s
20h 54m 17s

J2000

17h 18m 19s
-16° 18’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

7.3°
12.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6428.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.43
Giant

-0.53
M2III
3568K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

246.91
804.94
-40 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160440
SAO160440

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 106.3°
Max altitude: 22.2°
Azimuth: 253.7°