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HR6440

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.56°   Az: 211.49°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6440 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6440 visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, HR6440 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 HR6440 star
DSS2 image of HR6440. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6440 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 26m 20s
-62° 53’ 05”
10h 53m 35s
04h 19m 56s

J2000

17h 24m 01s
-62° 51’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

328.89°
-14.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6440 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6440.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Sub-giant

-2.81
B2IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6440 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6440. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6440 is distant 1,638.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

502.51
1,638.19
4 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253903
SAO253903

Visibility from Your Location

HR6440 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK