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public  Sāruberā, India Sāruberā, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 11:50 
Sunset: 18:36
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HR6542

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:05 | Tran: 22:32 | Set: 5:00
Alt: -6.08°   Az: 290.83°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6542 is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6542 visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, HR6542 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 HR6542 star
DSS2 image of HR6542. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6542 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 34m 47s
+16° 18’ 05”
06h 57m 50s
00h 32m 38s

J2000

17h 33m 39s
+16° 19’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

39.51°
24.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6542.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Giant

0.73
K0
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6542 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6542. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6542 is distant 319.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

98.04
319.61
-22 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102917
SAO102917

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6542 rise, transit and set times from Sāruberā, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 73.7°
Max altitude: 82.5°
Azimuth: 286.3°