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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR6494

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:20 | Tran: 22:34 | Set: 5:48
Alt: 20.60°   Az: 246.69°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6494 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6494 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR6494 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 HR6494 star
DSS2 image of HR6494. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6494 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 29m 15s
-29° 44’ 38”
05h 27m 39s
22h 56m 54s

J2000

17h 27m 37s
-29° 43’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

357.23°
2.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6494.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Sub-giant

-0.32
B9IV
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6494 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6494. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6494 is distant 599.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

183.82
599.26
-21 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO185417
SAO185417

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6494 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 119.7°
Max altitude: 90.0°
Azimuth: 240.3°