HR6517

Altitude: -17.4° Azimuth: 237.3° Direction: West-South-West

HR6517 is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6517 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6517 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 HR6517:

Color of HR6517 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6517 6.44

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6517 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -17.4°
Azimuth: 237.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6517

HR6517 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 HR6517 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 31m 47s

Declination J2000 -33° 42’ 10”

Galactic Longitude 354.39°

Galactic Latitude -0.05°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6517 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6517.

Visibility of HR6517 from your location

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

Today's HR6517 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.7° RISE 23:15

Max altitude: 4.8° TRANSIT 1:31

Azimuth: 236.3° SET 3:42

RIGHT NOW HR6517 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6517

The image below is a photograph of HR6517 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 HR6517 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6517. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6517 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6517 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6517 is distant 400.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 123.00 pc

Distance (light year) 400.98 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -34 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6517

HR6517 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.99

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.19

Temperature of HR6517 4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6517 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6517. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6517

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158619

SAO Catalogue SAO208921

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85786

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3312149

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius