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HR6460

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -5.74°   Az: 183.14°   Direction: South

HR6460 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6460 visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, HR6460 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 HR6460 star
DSS2 image of HR6460. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6460 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 26m 00s
-44° 11’ 00”
00h 17m 26s
17h 43m 27s

J2000

17h 24m 12s
-44° 09’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

344.86°
-4.62°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6460 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6460.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.12
Giant

-1.71
B7III
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6460 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6460. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6460 is distant 756.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

232.02
756.38
13 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO227911
SAO227911

Visibility from Your Location

HR6460 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK