HR6432

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:46 | Tran: 17:15 | Set: 0:45

Alt: -4.54° Az: 54.65° Direction: North-East

HR6432 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6432 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR6432 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 HR6432. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6432 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 19m 11s

Declination +17° 17’ 35”

Hour Angle 15h 53m 32s

Sideral Time 09h 12m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 18m 05s

Declination +17° 19’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 38.95°

Galactic Latitude 28.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6432.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.55

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6432 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6432. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6432 is distant 401.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 123.15

Distance (light year) 401.48

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156653

SAO Catalogue SAO102724

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84631

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 3216

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6432 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.7° RISE 9:46

Max altitude: 55.8° TRANSIT 17:15

Azimuth: 287.3° SET 0:45

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules