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TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:33 
Transit: 11:53 
Sunset: 18:13
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HR6539

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:37 | Tran: 22:02 | Set: 3:26
Alt: 0.10°   Az: 128.28°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of HR6539 star
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

17h 37m 27s
-37° 27’ 16”
18h 34m 10s
12h 11m 37s

J2000

17h 35m 43s
-37° 26’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

351.69°
-2.75°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Hypergiant

1.40
A0V
10002K

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

HR 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.

103.73
338.17
-8 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209001
SAO209001

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6539 rise, transit and set times from Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 127.5°
Max altitude: 41.7°
Azimuth: 232.5°