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HR6682

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.13°   Az: 210.58°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6682 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6682 visual magnitude is 4.88. Because of its moderate brightness, HR6682 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR6682 star
DSS2 image of HR6682. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6682 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 59m 34s
-41° 43’ 00”
02h 48m 33s
20h 48m 07s

J2000

17h 57m 47s
-41° 42’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

350.18°
-8.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6682.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.88
Hypergiant

-1.24
M0III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6682 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6682. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6682 is distant 546.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

167.79
546.98
4 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO228578
SAO228578

Visibility from Your Location

HR6682 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK