HR6539

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:55 | Tran: 2:02 | Set: 3:05

Alt: -0.57° Az: 195.41° Direction: South-South-West

HR6539 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6539 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR6539 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 HR6539. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6539 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 37m 27s

Declination -37° 27’ 15”

Hour Angle 01h 18m 13s

Sidereal Time 18h 55m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 35m 43s

Declination -37° 26’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 351.69°

Galactic Latitude -2.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.48

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.40

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6539 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6539. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6539 is distant 338.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 103.73

Distance (light year) 338.17

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD159312

SAO Catalogue SAO209001

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86098

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3711702

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6539 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.5° RISE 0:55

Max altitude: 1.1° TRANSIT 2:02

Azimuth: 232.5° SET 3:05

Set Location

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