HR6494

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:02 | Tran: 2:01 | Set: 4:57

Alt: -66.06° Az: 29.97° Direction: North-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 29m 14s

Declination -29° 44’ 37”

Hour Angle 12h 54m 00s

Sidereal Time 06h 23m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 27m 37s

Declination -29° 43’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 357.23°

Galactic Latitude 2.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6494.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.32

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

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

Distance (parsec) 183.82

Distance (light year) 599.26

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD157955

SAO Catalogue SAO185417

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85442

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2913563

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6494 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.7° RISE 23:02

Max altitude: 8.8° TRANSIT 2:01

Azimuth: 240.3° SET 4:57

Set Location

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