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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR6502

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:02 | Tran: 7:49 | Set: 15:36
Alt: -17.22°   Az: 345.01°   Direction: North-North-West

HR6502 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6502 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, HR6502 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 HR6502 star
DSS2 image of HR6502. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6502 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 27m 54s
+20° 03’ 39”
10h 59m 00s
04h 26m 54s

J2000

17h 26m 49s
+20° 04’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

42.71°
27.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6502.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Main-sequence

-0.25
B5V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6502 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6502. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6502 is distant 469.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

144.09
469.74
-30 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85095
SAO85095

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6502 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.9°
Max altitude: 58.6°
Azimuth: 290.1°