HR6683

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -5.69° Az: 153.30° Direction: South-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 59m 43s

Declination -39° 08’ 15”

Hour Angle 21h 39m 12s

Sidereal Time 15h 38m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 57m 57s

Declination -39° 08’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.48°

Galactic Latitude -7.37°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.29

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.30

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

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

Main star magnitude 6.29

Secondary star magnitude 7.79

Magnitude difference 1.5

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 157.48

Distance (light year) 513.39

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD163433

SAO Catalogue SAO209524

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87948

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3912058

Visibility from Your Location

HR6683 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

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