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public  Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany Rotenburg an der Fulda, Ger...  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 13:25 
Sunset: 21:36
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HR6657

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:27 | Tran: 0:31 | Set: 2:39
Alt: -71.34°   Az: 325.75°   Direction: North-West

HR6657 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6657 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR6657 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 HR6657 star
DSS2 image of HR6657. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6657 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 55m 01s
-34° 44’ 02”
11h 09m 22s
05h 04m 23s

J2000

17h 53m 19s
-34° 43’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

355.86°
-4.38°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Main-sequence

-0.85
B8V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6657 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6657. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6657 is distant 825.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

253.16
825.32
-12 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209411
SAO209411

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6657 rise, transit and set times from Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 124.7°
Max altitude: 4.3°
Azimuth: 235.3°