HR6547

HR6547 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Ara.

HR6547 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6547 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6547:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6547

HR6547 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6547 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6547 in the sky:

Visibility of HR6547 from your location

HR6547 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6547

The image below is a photograph of HR6547 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6547 is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.099 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR6547 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6547 is distant 345.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR6547

HR6547 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6547 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR6547