HR6560

Altitude: 82.2° Azimuth: 35.5° Direction: North-East

HR6560 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR6560 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6560 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 HR6560:

Color of HR6560 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6560 6.17

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6560 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 82.2°
Azimuth: 35.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6560

HR6560 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6560 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 33m 31s

Declination J2000 +57° 33’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 85.87°

Galactic Latitude 32.96°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6560 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6560.

Visibility of HR6560 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR6560 is circumpolar and transits at 12:33 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6560

The image below is a photograph of HR6560 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 HR6560 is 0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6560 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 231.48 pc

Distance (light year) 754.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.015 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6560

HR6560 belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.59

Temperature of HR6560 6007K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6560

Henry Draper Catalogue HD159870

SAO Catalogue SAO30464

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85923

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 1780

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