HR6589

Altitude: -14.4° Azimuth: 40.9° Direction: North-East

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

HR6589 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6589 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6589:

Color of HR6589 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6589 6.34

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6589 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -14.4°
Azimuth: 40.9°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6589

HR6589 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6589 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 41m 11s

Declination J2000 +15° 10’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 39.15°

Galactic Latitude 22.25°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6589 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6589.

Visibility of HR6589 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 74.8° RISE 10:54

Max altitude: 53.7° TRANSIT 18:12

Azimuth: 285.2° SET 1:33

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6589

The image below is a photograph of HR6589 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6589 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR6589 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 420.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6589

HR6589 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.79

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature of HR6589 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

Alternative designations of HR6589

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160765

SAO Catalogue SAO103020

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86546

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 3246

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