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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR6575

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:28 | Tran: 2:40 | Set: 8:48
Alt: -19.76°   Az: 300.76°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6575 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6575 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR6575 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 HR6575 star
DSS2 image of HR6575. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6575 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 40m 25s
+02° 00’ 56”
08h 23m 54s
02h 04m 20s

J2000

17h 39m 08s
+02° 01’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

26.33°
16.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6575.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Hypergiant

0.89
K0III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6575 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6575. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6575 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6575 double sysyem:

6.26
7.36
1.1
111.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6575 is distant 387.17 light years from the Sun

118.76
387.17
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122607
SAO122607

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6575 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.0°
Max altitude: 40.5°
Azimuth: 272.0°