HR6443

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:12 | Tran: 17:04 | Set: 2:00

Alt: 58.81° Az: 125.56° Direction: South-East

HR6443 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6443 visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, HR6443 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 HR6443. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6443 during the next 10000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 19m 46s

Declination +28° 47’ 55”

Hour Angle 22h 05m 02s

Sideral Time 15h 24m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 18m 48s

Declination +28° 49’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 51.59°

Galactic Latitude 31.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6443.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.65

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6443 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6443. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6443 is distant 318.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.66

Distance (light year) 318.36

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.05 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156874

SAO Catalogue SAO85001

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84691

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 2719

FK5 Catalogue 3375

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6443 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.2° RISE 8:12

Max altitude: 67.3° TRANSIT 17:04

Azimuth: 298.8° SET 2:00

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules