HR6470

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:14 | Tran: 8:11 | Set: 10:09

Alt: 2.09° Az: 196.05° Direction: South-South-West

HR6470 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6470 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR6470 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.

DSS2 image of HR6470. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6470 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 26m 42s

Declination -34° 43’ 01”

Hour Angle 01h 18m 33s

Sidereal Time 18h 45m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 25m 02s

Declination -34° 41’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.79°

Galactic Latitude 0.56°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.16

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.21

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6470 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6470. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6470 is distant 505.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 155.04

Distance (light year) 505.43

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD157486

SAO Catalogue SAO208786

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85237

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3411674

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6470 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.7° RISE 6:14

Max altitude: 3.8° TRANSIT 8:11

Azimuth: 235.3° SET 10:09

Set Location

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