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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR6557

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:02 | Tran: 2:43 | Set: 3:23
Alt: -62.83°   Az: 286.20°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6557 is a supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6557 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR6557 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 HR6557 star
DSS2 image of HR6557. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6557 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 39m 11s
-38° 04’ 44”
09h 44m 36s
03h 23m 47s

J2000

17h 37m 26s
-38° 03’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

351.34°
-3.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6557.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Supergiant

-3.44
G2I
4213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6557 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6557. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6557 is distant 2,834.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

869.57
2,834.78
12 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209034
SAO209034

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6557 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.1°
Max altitude: 0.4°
Azimuth: 231.9°