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HR6505

Altitude: -22.2°   Azimuth: 199.9°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6505 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6505 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6505 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 HR6505:

5.95
Bright giant

HR6505 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -22.2°
Azimuth: 199.9°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6505

HR6505 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6505 are provided in the following table:

17h 31m 23s
-56° 55’ 14”
334.62°
-12.46°
Ara

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6505 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6505 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6505.

Visibility of HR6505 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6505 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6505

The image below is a photograph of HR6505 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 HR6505 is -0.018 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6505 star
DSS2 image of HR6505. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6505 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6505 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6505 is distant 2,144.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

657.89 pc
2,144.74 ly
-3 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/year
0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6505

HR6505 belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

-3.14
B7II
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6505 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6505. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6505

SAO244808
SAO244808