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HR6643

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -65.04°   Az: 282.35°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6643 is a double giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6643 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR6643 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 HR6643 star
DSS2 image of HR6643. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6643 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 53m 17s
-40° 46’ 37”
09h 48m 04s
03h 41m 21s

J2000

17h 51m 32s
-40° 46’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

350.43°
-7.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6643 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6643.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Giant

-0.81
M2III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6643 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6643. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6643 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 HR6643 double sysyem:

5.96
12.46
6.5
23.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6643 is distant 737.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 85 kilometers per second.

226.24
737.56
-85 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO228489
SAO228489

Visibility from Your Location

HR6643 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK