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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6438

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.19°   Az: 218.65°   Direction: South-West

HR6438 is a double supergiant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6438 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR6438 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 HR6438 star
DSS2 image of HR6438. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6438 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 25m 06s
-58° 01’ 56”
04h 58m 25s
22h 23m 32s

J2000

17h 22m 54s
-58° 00’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

333.05°
-12.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6438.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Supergiant

-1.03
G8I
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6438 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6438. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6438 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6438 double sysyem:

5.88
9.48
3.6
2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6438 is distant 785.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

240.96
785.54
-10 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO244678
SAO244678

Visibility from Your Location

HR6438 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK