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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:18 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:11
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HR6620

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:33 | Tran: 8:14 | Set: 12:55
Alt: 14.55°   Az: 138.40°   Direction: South-East

HR6620 is a star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6620 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR6620 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 HR6620 star
DSS2 image of HR6620. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6620 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 49m 02s
-14° 43’ 58”
21h 13m 25s
15h 02m 28s

J2000

17h 47m 36s
-14° 43’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

12.44°
6.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6620.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
HR6620 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

-0.03
B9
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6620 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6620. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6620 is distant 510.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

156.49
510.17
-25 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160822
SAO160822

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6620 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.7°
Max altitude: 23.8°
Azimuth: 255.3°