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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:52 
Transit: 11:51 
Sunset: 15:50
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HR6450

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:26 | Tran: 12:17 | Set: 13:07
Alt: -30.23°   Az: 245.95°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6450 is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6450 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR6450 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 HR6450 star
DSS2 image of HR6450. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6450 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 24m 21s
-37° 49’ 37”
06h 11m 03s
23h 35m 24s

J2000

17h 22m 39s
-37° 48’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

349.95°
-0.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6450.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Supergiant

-23.59
B4I
5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6450 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6450. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6450 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 HR6450 double sysyem:

6.41
12.21
5.8
2.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6450 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-14 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208740
SAO208740

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6450 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.8°
Max altitude: 0.7°
Azimuth: 232.2°