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HR6530

HR6530 is a giant star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6530 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6530 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 HR6530:

6.1
Giant
HR6530 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6530

HR6530 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 HR6530 are provided in the following table:

17h 35m 20s
-53° 21’ 10”
338.04°
-11.11°
Ara

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6530 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6530 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6530.

Visibility of HR6530 from your location

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

HR6530 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6530

The image below is a photograph of HR6530 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 HR6530 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6530 star
DSS2 image of HR6530. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6530 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6530 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6530 is distant 1,072.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

328.95 pc
1,072.37 ly
7 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6530

HR6530 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-1.49
B9III
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6530 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6530. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6530

SAO244870
SAO244870