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HR6649

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -4.74°   Az: 193.13°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6649 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6649 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR6649 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 HR6649 star
DSS2 image of HR6649. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6649 during the next 1000 years (2.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 54m 41s
-42° 00’ 01”
01h 10m 55s
19h 05m 36s

J2000

17h 52m 52s
-41° 59’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

349.48°
-7.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6649.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Sub-giant

3.63
F8IV
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6649 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6649. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6649 is distant 106.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

32.73
106.71
-14 km/s
0.154 arcsec/y
-0.196"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO228510
SAO228510

Visibility from Your Location

HR6649 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK