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HR6503

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.92°   Az: 224.01°   Direction: South-West

HR6503 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6503 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR6503 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 HR6503 star
DSS2 image of HR6503. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6503 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 31m 09s
-38° 32’ 05”
03h 58m 14s
21h 29m 23s

J2000

17h 29m 25s
-38° 31’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

350.11°
-2.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6503.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Main-sequence

1.35
A2V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6503 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6503. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6503 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6503 double sysyem:

6.39
6.69
0.3
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6503 is distant 331.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

101.73
331.64
8 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208870
SAO208870

Visibility from Your Location

HR6503 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK