HR6501

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:01 | Tran: 0:21 | Set: 1:44

Alt: -51.22° Az: 88.40° Direction: South

HR6501 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6501 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR6501 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 30m 39s

Declination -36° 47’ 49”

Hour Angle 15h 25m 45s

Sidereal Time 08h 56m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 28m 56s

Declination -36° 46’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 351.5°

Galactic Latitude -1.25°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.43

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 636.72

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158105

SAO Catalogue SAO208860

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85543

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3611546

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 126.8° RISE 23:01

Max altitude: 1.7° TRANSIT 0:21

Azimuth: 233.2° SET 1:44

Set Location

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