HR6511

Altitude: 49.9° Azimuth: 311.9° Direction: North-West

HR6511 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Draco.

HR6511 visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6511 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 HR6511:

Color of HR6511 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6511 5.65

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6511 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 311.9°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6511

HR6511 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6511 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 25m 41s

Declination J2000 +60° 02’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 88.89°

Galactic Latitude 33.88°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6511 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6511.

Visibility of HR6511 from your location

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

HR6511 is circumpolar and transits at 12:25 UTC (altitude: 81.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6511

The image below is a photograph of HR6511 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 HR6511 is -0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6511. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6511 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6511 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6511 is distant 340.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.38 pc

Distance (light year) 340.29 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6511

HR6511 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.56

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature of HR6511 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6511 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6511. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6511

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158460

SAO Catalogue SAO17472

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85290

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+60 1754

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