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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6671

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:46 | Tran: 3:12 | Set: 4:39
Alt: -33.87°   Az: 107.85°   Direction: East-South-East

HR6671 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6671 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR6671 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 56m 51s
-36° 28’ 41”
17h 17m 34s
11h 14m 25s

J2000

17h 55m 07s
-36° 28’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

354.53°
-5.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6671.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Giant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
747.71
-15 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209458
SAO209458

Visibility from Your Location

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

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