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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR6543

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:23 | Tran: 2:42 | Set: 9:58
Alt: -6.46°   Az: 303.76°   Direction: North-West

HR6543 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6543 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR6543 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 HR6543 star
DSS2 image of HR6543. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6543 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 34m 51s
+14° 49’ 33”
08h 05m 10s
01h 40m 02s

J2000

17h 33m 42s
+14° 50’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

38.03°
23.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6543.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Giant

-0.24
M4III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6543 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6543. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6543 is distant 719.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

220.75
719.65
30 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102918
SAO102918

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6543 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.2°
Max altitude: 53.3°
Azimuth: 284.8°