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HR6683

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.31°   Az: 221.90°   Direction: South-West

HR6683 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6683 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR6683 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 HR6683 star
DSS2 image of HR6683. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6683 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 59m 40s
-39° 08’ 15”
03h 47m 40s
21h 47m 21s

J2000

17h 57m 57s
-39° 08’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

352.48°
-7.37°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR6683 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6683.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Hypergiant

0.30
A0IV
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6683 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6683. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6683 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6683 double sysyem:

6.29
7.79
1.5
0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6683 is distant 513.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

157.48
513.39
-1 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209524
SAO209524

Visibility from Your Location

HR6683 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK