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HR6605

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 56.58°   Az: 303.33°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6605 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Draco.

HR6605 visual magnitude is 6.77. Because of its faintness, HR6605 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6605 star
DSS2 image of HR6605. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6605 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 41m 01s
+57° 17’ 54”
03h 53m 36s
21h 34m 37s

J2000

17h 40m 36s
+57° 18’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

85.58°
32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6605.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.77
Hypergiant

-0.46
K0
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6605 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6605. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6605 is distant 910.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

279.33
910.61
-14 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO30515
SAO30515

Visibility from Your Location

HR6605 is circumpolar and transits at 08:34 UTC (altitude: 84.2°)