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HR6471

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -48.26°   Az: 137.90°   Direction: South-East

HR6471 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6471 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR6471 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 HR6471 star
DSS2 image of HR6471. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6471 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 30m 28s
-63° 03’ 17”
17h 20m 11s
10h 50m 40s

J2000

17h 28m 07s
-63° 02’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

328.99°
-15.24°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6471 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6471.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Main-sequence

-0.66
B7V
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6471 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6471. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6471 is distant 781.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

239.81
781.77
-3 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253928
SAO253928

Visibility from Your Location

HR6471 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK