HR6432

Altitude: 42.3° Azimuth: 119.9° Direction: East-South-East

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

HR6432 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6432 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 HR6432:

Color of HR6432 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6432 6

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6432 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.3°
Azimuth: 119.9°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6432

HR6432 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 HR6432 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 18m 05s

Declination J2000 +17° 19’ 05”

Galactic Longitude 38.95°

Galactic Latitude 28.19°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6432 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6432.

Visibility of HR6432 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 HR6432 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: 72.7° RISE 4:52

Max altitude: 55.8° TRANSIT 12:21

Azimuth: 287.3° SET 19:51

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6432

The image below is a photograph of HR6432 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 HR6432 is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6432 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 401.48 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6432

HR6432 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.55

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature of HR6432 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

Alternative designations of HR6432

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156653

SAO Catalogue SAO102724

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84631

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 3216

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