HR6627

Altitude: 6.0° Azimuth: 69.0° Direction: East-North-East

HR6627 is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6627 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6627 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6627:

Color of HR6627 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6627 5.72

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6627 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.0°
Azimuth: 69.0°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6627

HR6627 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6627 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 47m 08s

Declination J2000 +17° 41’ 49”

Galactic Longitude 42.25°

Galactic Latitude 21.93°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6627 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6627.

Visibility of HR6627 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6627 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.3° RISE 10:22

Max altitude: 56.2° TRANSIT 17:54

Azimuth: 287.7° SET 1:30

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6627

The image below is a photograph of HR6627 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR6627 is 0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6627. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6627 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6627 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6627 is distant 367.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.87 pc

Distance (light year) 367.95 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6627

HR6627 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.46

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature of HR6627 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6627 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6627. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR6627 star system properties

HR6627 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6627 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.72

Secondary star magnitude 7.02

Magnitude difference 1.3

Separation 0.6 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR6627

Henry Draper Catalogue HD161833

SAO Catalogue SAO103106

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87044

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 3334

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS10795

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