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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR6474

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:38 | Tran: 2:22 | Set: 6:03
Alt: -32.58°   Az: 271.13°   Direction: West

HR6474 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6474 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR6474 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 HR6474 star
DSS2 image of HR6474. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6474 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 26m 39s
-24° 15’ 52”
07h 29m 50s
00h 56m 30s

J2000

17h 25m 06s
-24° 14’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

1.49°
6.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6474.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

0.62
K1
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6474 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6474. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6474 is distant 424.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

130.21
424.48
20 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO185374
SAO185374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6474 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.3°
Max altitude: 14.3°
Azimuth: 245.7°