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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR6604

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:53 | Tran: 8:06 | Set: 15:18
Alt: 27.19°   Az: 258.47°   Direction: West-South-West

HR6604 is a bright giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6604 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR6604 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 HR6604 star
DSS2 image of HR6604. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6604 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 44m 30s
+14° 17’ 06”
04h 16m 18s
22h 00m 49s

J2000

17h 43m 22s
+14° 17’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

38.51°
21.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6604.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Bright giant

0.96
F5II
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6604 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6604. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6604 is distant 371.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

113.90
371.30
-42 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO103052
SAO103052

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6604 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.7°
Max altitude: 52.8°
Azimuth: 284.3°