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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR6487

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.16°   Az: 153.70°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6487 is a multiple bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6487 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR6487 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 HR6487 star
DSS2 image of HR6487. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6487 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 30m 45s
-55° 11’ 18”
20h 57m 55s
14h 28m 40s

J2000

17h 28m 38s
-55° 10’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

335.94°
-11.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6487.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Bright giant

-1.26
G8II
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6487 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6487. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6487 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 HR6487 double sysyem:

5.94
12.44
6.5
37 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6487 is distant 898.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

275.48
898.07
-13 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO244770
SAO244770

Visibility from Your Location

HR6487 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK