HR6648

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:56 | Tran: 17:58 | Set: 20:00

Alt: -55.07° Az: 282.33° Direction: West-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 53m 58s

Declination -34° 25’ 14”

Hour Angle 09h 09m 12s

Sideral Time 03h 03m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 52m 19s

Declination -34° 25’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.03°

Galactic Latitude -4.04°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6648.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.84

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.95

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.13

Temperature 4451K

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

Distance (parsec) 228.31

Distance (light year) 744.29

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162391

SAO Catalogue SAO209390

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87472

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3412170

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° RISE 15:56

Max altitude: 4.1° TRANSIT 17:58

Azimuth: 235.6° SET 20:00

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius