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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:58 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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HR6504

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:19 | Tran: 14:36 | Set: 19:52
Alt: -23.63°   Az: 72.61°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6504 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6504 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR6504 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 HR6504 star
DSS2 image of HR6504. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6504 during the next 1000 years (-1.35 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 29m 23s
-08° 13’ 37”
16h 08m 11s
09h 37m 34s

J2000

17h 28m 02s
-08° 12’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

15.66°
14.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6504 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6504.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Sub-giant

1.57
F5IV
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6504 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6504. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6504 is distant 297.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 64 kilometers per second.

91.16
297.17
-64 km/s
-0.081 arcsec/y
-0.128"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO141679
SAO141679

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6504 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.8°