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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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HR6506

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:02 | Tran: 8:05 | Set: 18:03
Alt: 37.02°   Az: 281.35°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6506 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6506 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR6506 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 HR6506 star
DSS2 image of HR6506. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6506 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 27m 40s
+34° 40’ 33”
04h 48m 37s
22h 16m 18s

J2000

17h 26m 46s
+34° 41’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

58.77°
31.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6506.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Hypergiant

1.27
A0V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6506 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6506. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6506 is distant 280.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

85.98
280.31
-22 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66054
SAO66054

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6506 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.3°
Max altitude: 73.2°
Azimuth: 304.7°