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HR6546

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -2.13°   Az: 196.89°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6546 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6546 visual magnitude is 4.29. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6546 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR6546 star
DSS2 image of HR6546. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6546 during the next 1000 years (-0.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 38m 17s
-38° 38’ 57”
01h 27m 18s
19h 05m 36s

J2000

17h 36m 32s
-38° 38’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

350.77°
-3.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6546.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.29
Hypergiant

1.06
K0III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6546 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6546. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6546 is distant 143.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 49 kilometers per second.

44.17
143.99
-49 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.201"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209019
SAO209019

Visibility from Your Location

HR6546 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK