HR6600

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:12 | Tran: 19:00 | Set: 23:48

Alt: -36.29° Az: 297.18° Direction: West-North-West

HR6600 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6600 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR6600 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 HR6600. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6600 during the next 1000 years (-0.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 45m 12s

Declination -13° 31’ 04”

Hour Angle 08h 49m 55s

Sideral Time 02h 35m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 43m 48s

Declination -13° 30’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 13.03°

Galactic Latitude 8.35°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6600.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.24

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6600 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6600. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6600 is distant 139.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 42.68

Distance (light year) 139.14

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.048 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD161023

SAO Catalogue SAO160784

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86769

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 4732

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6600 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.5° RISE 14:12

Max altitude: 25.0° TRANSIT 19:00

Azimuth: 256.5° SET 23:48

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Serpens