HR6522

Altitude: -25.9° Azimuth: 246.7° Direction: West-South-West

HR6522 is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6522 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6522 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 HR6522:

Color of HR6522 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6522 6.17

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6522 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -25.9°
Azimuth: 246.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6522

HR6522 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 HR6522 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 32m 24s

Declination J2000 -34° 16’ 46”

Galactic Longitude 353.98°

Galactic Latitude -0.47°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6522 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6522.

Visibility of HR6522 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 HR6522 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: 124.3° RISE 10:32

Max altitude: 4.2° TRANSIT 12:36

Azimuth: 235.7° SET 14:39

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6522

The image below is a photograph of HR6522 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 HR6522 is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.039 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6522. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6522 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6522 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6522 is distant 341.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.71 pc

Distance (light year) 341.36 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -50 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.039 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6522

HR6522 belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.35

Temperature of HR6522 7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6522 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6522. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6522

Henry Draper Catalogue HD158741

SAO Catalogue SAO208935

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85839

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3411757

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V949 Sco

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