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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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HR6648

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:31 | Tran: 3:33 | Set: 5:35
Alt: -47.86°   Az: 87.96°   Direction: East

HR6648 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6648 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR6648 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 HR6648 star
DSS2 image of HR6648. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6648 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 54m 00s
-34° 25’ 15”
15h 37m 30s
09h 31m 31s

J2000

17h 52m 19s
-34° 25’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

356.03°
-4.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6648.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Giant

-0.95
G8III
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6648 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6648. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6648 is distant 744.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

228.31
744.29
-21 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209390
SAO209390

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6648 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.4°
Max altitude: 4.1°
Azimuth: 235.6°