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HR6610

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:04 | Tran: 8:15 | Set: 14:26
Alt: -22.18°   Az: 53.86°   Direction: North-East

HR6610 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6610 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR6610 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6610 star
DSS2 image of HR6610. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6610 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 45m 51s
+02° 34’ 11”
15h 13m 52s
08h 59m 43s

J2000

17h 44m 35s
+02° 34’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

27.5°
16.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6610.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.56
Hypergiant

0.45
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6610 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6610. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6610 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6610 double sysyem:

6.56
6.96
0.4
20.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6610 is distant 542.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

166.39
542.43
-30 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122691
SAO122691

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6610 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.4°
Max altitude: 41.1°
Azimuth: 272.6°