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Sunset: 16:58
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HR6538

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:30 | Tran: 8:26 | Set: 18:18
Alt: 44.09°   Az: 272.37°   Direction: West

HR6538 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6538 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR6538 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6538 star
DSS2 image of HR6538. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6538 during the next 1000 years (-3.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 32m 55s
+34° 15’ 14”
04h 01m 01s
21h 33m 57s

J2000

17h 32m 01s
+34° 16’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

58.58°
30.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6538.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.56
Main-sequence

4.69
G5V
5778K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6538 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6538. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6538 is distant 77.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 52 kilometers per second.

23.70
77.25
-52 km/s
-0.233 arcsec/y
0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66118
SAO66118

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6538 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.7°
Max altitude: 72.8°
Azimuth: 304.3°