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HR6456

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:37 | Tran: 7:46 | Set: 8:54
Alt: -71.13°   Az: 312.14°   Direction: North-West

HR6456 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6456 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR6456 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 HR6456 star
DSS2 image of HR6456. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6456 during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 24m 37s
-37° 14’ 33”
10h 49m 52s
04h 14m 29s

J2000

17h 22m 54s
-37° 13’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

350.47°
-0.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6456.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

0.38
K1III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6456 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6456. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6456 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6456 double sysyem:

5.93
14.33
8.4
20.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6456 is distant 420.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

129.03
420.65
-36 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208747
SAO208747

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6456 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.2°
Max altitude: 1.3°
Azimuth: 232.8°