HR6583

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 12:33 | Set: 13:49

Alt: -7.88° Az: 143.19° Direction: South-East

HR6583 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6583 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, HR6583 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.

DSS2 image of HR6583. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6583 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 44m 32s

Declination -36° 57’ 20”

Hour Angle 20h 48m 09s

Sidereal Time 14h 32m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 42m 51s

Declination -36° 56’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.86°

Galactic Latitude -3.69°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.54

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.56

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.55

Temperature 3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6583 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6583. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6583 is distant 541.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 166.11

Distance (light year) 541.53

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160668

SAO Catalogue SAO209172

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86698

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3611804

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6583 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.0° RISE 11:17

Max altitude: 1.6° TRANSIT 12:33

Azimuth: 233.0° SET 13:49

Set Location

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