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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR6472

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:22 | Tran: 2:26 | Set: 6:26
Alt: -34.19°   Az: 81.77°   Direction: East

HR6472 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6472 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR6472 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 HR6472 star
DSS2 image of HR6472. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6472 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 26m 13s
-21° 27’ 46”
16h 06m 25s
09h 32m 38s

J2000

17h 24m 42s
-21° 26’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

3.79°
8.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6472.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

1.02
G8III
4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6472 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6472. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6472 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 HR6472 double sysyem:

5.85
11.85
6
4.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6472 is distant 301.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 56 kilometers per second.

92.51
301.57
-56 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO185367
SAO185367

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6472 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.5°
Max altitude: 17.1°
Azimuth: 248.5°