HR6671

Altitude: 1.5° Azimuth: 189.2° Direction: South

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR6671:

Color of HR6671 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6671 6.06

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 1.5°
Azimuth: 189.2°
Direction: South

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:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 55m 07s

Declination J2000 -36° 28’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 354.53°

Galactic Latitude -5.57°

Constellation Scorpius

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

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° RISE 0:20

Max altitude: 2.0° TRANSIT 1:50

Azimuth: 233.5° SET 3:17

RIGHT NOW HR6671 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6671

The image below is a photograph of HR6671 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). 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.

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);

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.

Distance (parsec) 229.36 pc

Distance (light year) 747.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude -0.74

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature of HR6671 9226K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR6671

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162926

SAO Catalogue SAO209458

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87722

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3612008

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius