HR6501

HR6501 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6501 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6501 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6501:

Color of HR6501 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6501 6.02

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR6501 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6501

HR6501 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6501 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 28m 56s

Declination J2000 -36° 46’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 351.5°

Galactic Latitude -1.25°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6501 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6501.

Visibility of HR6501 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6501 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.8° RISE 0:27

Max altitude: 1.7° TRANSIT 1:51

Azimuth: 233.2° SET 3:11

RIGHT NOW HR6501 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6501

The image below is a photograph of HR6501 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6501 is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6501. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6501 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6501 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6501 is distant 636.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 195.31 pc

Distance (light year) 636.72 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6501

HR6501 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.43

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature of HR6501 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6501 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6501. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6501

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158105

SAO Catalogue SAO208860

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85543

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3611546

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius