HR6651

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:41 | Tran: 17:47 | Set: 19:53

Alt: -62.44° Az: 297.43° Direction: West-North-West

HR6651 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6651 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR6651 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 HR6651. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6651 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 54m 27s

Declination -34° 07’ 04”

Hour Angle 10h 01m 03s

Sideral Time 03h 55m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 52m 49s

Declination -34° 06’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.34°

Galactic Latitude -3.98°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6651.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.06

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.59

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6651 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6651. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6651 is distant 696.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 213.68

Distance (light year) 696.58

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162496

SAO Catalogue SAO209397

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87516

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3412186

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6651 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.1° RISE 15:41

Max altitude: 4.4° TRANSIT 17:47

Azimuth: 235.9° SET 19:53

Set Location

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