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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR6625

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 60.01°   Az: 260.76°   Direction: West

HR6625 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6625 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR6625 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR6625 star
DSS2 image of HR6625. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6625 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 46m 44s
+38° 52’ 22”
02h 37m 19s
20h 24m 03s

J2000

17h 45m 53s
+38° 52’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

64.48°
28.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6625.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant

1.15
K0
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6625 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6625. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6625 is distant 387.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

118.76
387.17
-12 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO66315
SAO66315

Visibility from Your Location

HR6625 is circumpolar and transits at 01:54 UTC (altitude: 77.4°)