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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6455

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:12 | Tran: 2:41 | Set: 11:05
Alt: 10.06°   Az: 61.34°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6455 is a giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6455 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR6455 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 HR6455 star
DSS2 image of HR6455. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6455 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 21m 11s
+25° 30’ 48”
16h 52m 51s
10h 14m 03s

J2000

17h 20m 09s
+25° 32’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

48.01°
30.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6455.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

-0.56
A3III
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6455 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6455. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6455 is distant 502.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

154.08
502.31
-5 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85016
SAO85016

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6455 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.5°
Max altitude: 64.0°
Azimuth: 295.5°