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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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HR6489

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:13 | Tran: 3:06 | Set: 8:56
Alt: 25.85°   Az: 228.65°   Direction: South-West

HR6489 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6489 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR6489 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 HR6489 star
DSS2 image of HR6489. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6489 during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 27m 16s
-01° 40’ 19”
02h 50m 05s
20h 17m 22s

J2000

17h 25m 57s
-01° 39’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

21.29°
18.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6489.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Main-sequence

2.49
F3V
6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6489 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6489. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6489 is distant 201.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

61.77
201.36
-24 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO141661
SAO141661

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6489 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.7°
Max altitude: 36.8°
Azimuth: 268.3°