HR6532

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:07 | Tran: 17:06 | Set: 0:05

Alt: -0.66° Az: 69.76° Direction: East-North-East

HR6532 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6532 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR6532 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.

DSS2 image of HR6532. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6532 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 33m 24s

Declination +11° 54’ 50”

Hour Angle 16h 54m 02s

Sideral Time 10h 27m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 32m 15s

Declination +11° 55’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 34.98°

Galactic Latitude 22.9°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6532.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Main-sequence

HR6532 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6532 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6532. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6532 is distant 494.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 151.75

Distance (light year) 494.69

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD159082

SAO Catalogue SAO102897

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85826

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 3241

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6532 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.1° RISE 10:07

Max altitude: 50.4° TRANSIT 17:06

Azimuth: 281.9° SET 0:05

Set Location

Other stars in Ophiuchus