HR6657

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:48 | Tran: 0:45 | Set: 2:46

Alt: -52.89° Az: 81.72° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 55m 01s

Declination -34° 44’ 02”

Hour Angle 15h 06m 24s

Sidereal Time 09h 01m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 53m 19s

Declination -34° 43’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.86°

Galactic Latitude -4.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6657.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.85

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

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

Distance (parsec) 253.16

Distance (light year) 825.32

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162586

SAO Catalogue SAO209411

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87567

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3412200

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6657 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.7° RISE 22:48

Max altitude: 3.8° TRANSIT 0:45

Azimuth: 235.3° SET 2:46

Set Location

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