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HR6447

Altitude: -77.3°   Azimuth: 217.5°   Direction: South-West

HR6447 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6447 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6447 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR6447 is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6447 star
DSS2 image of HR6447. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6447 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR6447

5.77
Supergiant

HR6447 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -77.3°
Azimuth: 217.5°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6447

HR6447 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6447 are provided in the following table:

17h 24m 18s
-60° 40’ 24”
330.84°
-13.64°
Ara

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6447 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6447 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6447.

Visibility of HR6447 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6447 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR6447 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6447 is distant 705.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

216.45 pc
705.63 ly
-10 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/year
-0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6447

HR6447 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

-0.91
B8I
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6447 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6447. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6447

SAO253908
SAO253908