HR6502

Altitude: 56.9° Azimuth: 203.7° Direction: South-South-West

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

HR6502 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6502 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 HR6502:

Color of HR6502 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6502 5.54

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6502 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 203.7°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6502

HR6502 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6502 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 26m 49s

Declination J2000 +20° 04’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 42.71°

Galactic Latitude 27.27°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6502 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6502.

Visibility of HR6502 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 HR6502 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: 69.9° RISE 10:26

Max altitude: 58.6° TRANSIT 18:13

Azimuth: 290.1° SET 2:04

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6502

The image below is a photograph of HR6502 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 HR6502 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6502 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 144.09 pc

Distance (light year) 469.74 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6502

HR6502 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.25

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of HR6502 12103K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6502

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158148

SAO Catalogue SAO85095

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85385

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 3481

FK5 Catalogue 3388

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