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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6516

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:51 | Tran: 2:47 | Set: 8:40
Alt: 31.38°   Az: 143.28°   Direction: South-East

HR6516 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6516 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, HR6516 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 HR6516 star
DSS2 image of HR6516. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6516 during the next 1000 years (-1.95 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 31m 42s
-01° 04’ 49”
21h 57m 12s
15h 28m 54s

J2000

17h 30m 23s
-01° 03’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

22.4°
17.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6516.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Sub-giant

4.23
G9IV
5534K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6516 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6516. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6516 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6516 double sysyem:

5.31
5.41
0.1
0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6516 is distant 53.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 77 kilometers per second.

16.45
53.62
-77 km/s
-0.117 arcsec/y
-0.17"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO141702
SAO141702
Gl 678 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6516 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.1°
Max altitude: 37.4°
Azimuth: 268.9°