HR6653

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:48 | Tran: 17:31 | Set: 19:14

Alt: -16.69° Az: 126.86° Direction: South-East

HR6653 is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6653 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR6653 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 HR6653. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6653 during the next 10000 years (7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 54m 37s

Declination -35° 37’ 40”

Hour Angle 19h 17m 50s

Sideral Time 13h 12m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 52m 57s

Declination -35° 37’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.05°

Galactic Latitude -4.76°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR6653.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.99

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature 7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6653 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6653. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6653 is distant 209.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.23

Distance (light year) 209.38

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.046 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162517

SAO Catalogue SAO209404

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87532

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3512013

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6653 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.6° RISE 15:48

Max altitude: 2.9° TRANSIT 17:31

Azimuth: 234.4° SET 19:14

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius