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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR6579

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:15 | Tran: 2:51 | Set: 12:23
Alt: -3.64°   Az: 18.22°   Direction: North-North-East

HR6579 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6579 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR6579 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 HR6579 star
DSS2 image of HR6579. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6579 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 39m 46s
+32° 43’ 36”
13h 27m 06s
07h 06m 52s

J2000

17h 38m 49s
+32° 44’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

57.29°
28.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6579.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

0.56
G5
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6579 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6579. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6579 is distant 472.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

144.93
472.46
-15 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66214
SAO66214

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6579 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°