HR6589

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:15 | Tran: 0:32 | Set: 7:53

Alt: -18.01° Az: 31.78° Direction: South

HR6589 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6589 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR6589 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 HR6589. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6589 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 42m 20s

Declination +15° 10’ 00”

Hour Angle 14h 05m 02s

Sidereal Time 07h 47m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 41m 11s

Declination +15° 10’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 39.15°

Galactic Latitude 22.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6589.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.79

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6589 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6589. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6589 is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.87

Distance (light year) 420.10

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160765

SAO Catalogue SAO103020

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86546

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 3246

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6589 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.8° RISE 17:15

Max altitude: 53.7° TRANSIT 0:32

Azimuth: 285.2° SET 7:53

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules