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HR6621

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:23 | Tran: 8:43 | Set: 12:02
Alt: -7.00°   Az: 234.57°   Direction: South-West

HR6621 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6621 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR6621 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 HR6621 star
DSS2 image of HR6621. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6621 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 50m 02s
-26° 58’ 53”
04h 20m 39s
22h 10m 41s

J2000

17h 48m 27s
-26° 58’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

0.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6621.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Sub-giant

-1.36
B4IV
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6621 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6621. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6621 is distant 1,135.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

348.43
1,135.89
9 km/s
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO185779
SAO185779

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6621 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.0°
Max altitude: 11.5°
Azimuth: 243.0°