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HR6671

Altitude: -62.2°   Azimuth: 70.4°   Direction: East-North-East

HR6671 is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6671 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6671 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR6671 is -0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6671 star
DSS2 image of HR6671. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6671 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR6671

6.06
Giant

HR6671 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -62.2°
Azimuth: 70.4°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6671

HR6671 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6671 are provided in the following table:

17h 55m 07s
-36° 28’ 32”
354.53°
-5.57°
Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6671 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6671 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6671.

Visibility of HR6671 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR6671 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.5°
Max altitude: 2.0°
Azimuth: 233.5°

Distance of HR6671 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6671 is distant 747.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

229.36 pc
747.71 ly
-15 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/year
-0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6671

HR6671 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.74
B9III
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6671 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6671. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6671

SAO209458
SAO209458