HR6628

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:11 | Tran: 2:51 | Set: 5:26

Alt: 2.05° Az: 207.20° Direction: South-South-West

HR6628 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6628 visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6628 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR6628. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6628 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 50m 49s

Declination -31° 42’ 34”

Hour Angle 02h 09m 54s

Sidereal Time 20h 00m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 49m 10s

Declination -31° 42’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 358.03°

Galactic Latitude -2.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6628.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.83

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.52

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6628 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6628. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6628 is distant 607.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 186.22

Distance (light year) 607.08

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD161840

SAO Catalogue SAO209303

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87220

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3114609

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6628 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.7° RISE 0:11

Max altitude: 6.8° TRANSIT 2:51

Azimuth: 238.3° SET 5:26

Set Location

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