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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.

Image of HR6628 star
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

17h 50m 49s
-31° 42’ 34”
02h 09m 54s
20h 00m 43s

J2000

17h 49m 10s
-31° 42’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

358.03°
-2.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6628.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Main-sequence

-1.52
B8V
10653K

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

HR 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.

186.22
607.08
-13 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209303
SAO209303

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°
Max altitude: 6.8°
Azimuth: 238.3°