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HR6577

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:43 | Tran: 7:49 | Set: 14:56
Alt: 44.27°   Az: 224.93°   Direction: South-West

HR6577 is a giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6577 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR6577 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 HR6577 star
DSS2 image of HR6577. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6577 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 40m 07s
+13° 19’ 00”
02h 05m 14s
19h 45m 21s

J2000

17h 38m 57s
+13° 19’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

37.09°
21.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6577.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

1.26
F6III
6129K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6577 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6577. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6577 is distant 305.24 light years from the Sun

93.63
305.24
-0.023 arcsec/y
0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO102999
SAO102999

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6577 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.7°
Max altitude: 51.8°
Azimuth: 283.3°