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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR6560

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 37.28°   Az: 41.72°   Direction: North-East

HR6560 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Draco.

HR6560 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR6560 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 HR6560 star
DSS2 image of HR6560. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6560 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 33m 56s
+57° 32’ 33”
17h 22m 30s
10h 56m 26s

J2000

17h 33m 31s
+57° 33’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

85.87°
32.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6560.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

-0.65
G5III
6007K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6560 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6560. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6560 is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

231.48
754.63
-1 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO30464
SAO30464

Visibility from Your Location

HR6560 is circumpolar and transits at 01:53 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)