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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR6587

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:34 | Tran: 7:54 | Set: 10:14
Alt: -1.31°   Az: 147.95°   Direction: South-South-East

HR6587 is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6587 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR6587 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 HR6587 star
DSS2 image of HR6587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6587 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 44m 45s
-33° 03’ 39”
21h 22m 53s
15h 07m 39s

J2000

17h 43m 06s
-33° 03’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

356.21°
-1.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Giant

-3.17
M1III
3380K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6587 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6587 is distant 2,672.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

819.67
2,672.13
-3 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209176
SAO209176

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6587 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.1°
Max altitude: 5.5°
Azimuth: 236.9°