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Sunset: 20:41
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HR6590

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:44 | Tran: 3:18 | Set: 9:48
Alt: 42.89°   Az: 202.09°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6590 is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6590 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR6590 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 HR6590 star
DSS2 image of HR6590. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6590 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 42m 46s
+06° 18’ 06”
01h 04m 21s
18h 47m 08s

J2000

17h 41m 32s
+06° 18’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

30.62°
18.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6590.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

-1.95
G7III
4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6590 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6590. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6590 is distant 1,239.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

380.23
1,239.54
-31 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122646
SAO122646

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6590 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.7°
Max altitude: 44.8°
Azimuth: 276.3°