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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR6624

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -80.52°   Az: 159.06°   Direction: South

HR6624 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pavo.

HR6624 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR6624 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 HR6624 star
DSS2 image of HR6624. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6624 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 53m 53s
-60° 10’ 08”
12h 27m 11s
06h 21m 04s

J2000

17h 51m 35s
-60° 09’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

332.99°
-16.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6624.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Hypergiant

0.50
K0III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6624 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6624. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6624 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6624 double sysyem:

5.78
12.98
7.2
30 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6624 is distant 370.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

113.77
370.88
17 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO254057
SAO254057

Visibility from Your Location

HR6624 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK