HR6587

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:15 | Tran: 0:35 | Set: 2:58

Alt: -49.49° Az: 83.00° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 44m 47s

Declination -33° 03’ 39”

Hour Angle 15h 21m 10s

Sidereal Time 09h 05m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 43m 06s

Declination -33° 03’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.21°

Galactic Latitude -1.7°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -3.17

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.81

Temperature 3380K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 819.67

Distance (light year) 2,672.13

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160748

SAO Catalogue SAO209176

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86716

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3213208

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° RISE 22:15

Max altitude: 5.5° TRANSIT 0:35

Azimuth: 236.9° SET 2:58

Set Location

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