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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR6647

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:43 | Tran: 8:39 | Set: 10:35
Alt: 3.60°   Az: 184.24°   Direction: South

HR6647 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6647 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR6647 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 HR6647 star
DSS2 image of HR6647. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6647 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 53m 54s
-34° 48’ 12”
00h 20m 38s
18h 14m 32s

J2000

17h 52m 13s
-34° 47’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

355.69°
-4.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6647.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

-1.13
B6V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6647 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6647. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6647 is distant 829.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

254.45
829.52
-13 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209383
SAO209383

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6647 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8°
Max altitude: 3.7°
Azimuth: 235.2°