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public  Bagnolo in Piano, Italy Bagnolo in Piano, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 21:01
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HR6572

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -43.33°   Az: 118.61°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6572 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ara.

HR6572 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR6572 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 HR6572 star
DSS2 image of HR6572. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6572 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 43m 11s
-46° 55’ 58”
16h 36m 59s
10h 20m 10s

J2000

17h 41m 16s
-46° 55’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

344.13°
-8.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6572.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Hypergiant

-0.74
A0V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6572 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6572. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6572 is distant 659.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

202.43
659.92
-12 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO228279
SAO228279

Visibility from Your Location

HR6572 is currently not visible from Bagnolo in Piano, Italy