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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR6619

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 2:50 | Set: 12:09
Alt: 8.69°   Az: 48.96°   Direction: North-East

HR6619 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6619 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR6619 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 HR6619 star
DSS2 image of HR6619. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6619 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 46m 37s
+31° 29’ 46”
16h 03m 53s
09h 50m 30s

J2000

17h 45m 40s
+31° 30’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

56.4°
26.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6619.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Hypergiant

-4.25
A0I
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6619 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6619. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6619 is distant 4,075.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

1,250.00
4,075.00
2 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66311
SAO66311

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6619 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.5°
Max altitude: 70.0°
Azimuth: 301.5°