HR 6260
Scientific overview
HR 6260 is a blue supergiant in the constellation Scorpius (Scorpii), lying about 2,588.5 light-years from Earth.
Class B. Hot, blue-white stars. Massive and luminous, they often light up the regions where they form. Such stars have surface temperatures around 10,000–30,000 K and appear blue-white to the eye.
Physical properties
| Spectral type | B0.5Ia |
| Luminosity class | Ia |
| Apparent magnitude | 5.46 |
| Absolute magnitude | -4.04 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 3,591 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 0.176 |
| Distance | 2,588.5 ly (793.65 pc) |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
Precision measurements
Astrometry and astrophysics from SIMBAD and Gaia DR3 · Gaia DR3 5966510057279631488 · elevated RUWE
| Parallax | 0.1599 ± 0.3406 mas | SIMBAD · measured |
| Distance | 3251 pc | Gaia · estimated |
| Proper motion (RA) | -0.748 mas/yr | SIMBAD · measured |
| Proper motion (Dec) | -3.37 mas/yr | SIMBAD · measured |
| Radial velocity | -71.3 ± 2.7 km/s | SIMBAD · measured |
| Spectral type | B0.5Ia | SIMBAD · catalogued |
| Right ascension (ICRS) | 253.5 deg | SIMBAD · measured |
| Declination (ICRS) | -41.8064 deg | SIMBAD · measured |
Full field-level provenance
- Parallax: Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · plx_value · 2020yCat.1350....0G · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Distance: ESA Gaia astrometric survey · Gaia EDR3 · Bailer-Jones (2021) · external.gaiaedr3_distance · r_med_geo · row 5966510057279631488 · Bayesian estimate · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Proper motion (RA): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · pmra · 2020yCat.1350....0G · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Proper motion (Dec): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · pmdec · 2020yCat.1350....0G · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Radial velocity: Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · rvz_radvel · 1983ApL....23..183L · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Spectral type: Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · sp_type · 1954PASP...66..249B · catalogue identifier/value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Right ascension (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · ra · 2020yCat.1350....0G · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Declination (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · dec · 2020yCat.1350....0G · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
measured = direct catalogue value · estimated = Bayesian inference (Bailer-Jones distance) · modeled = model output (Gaia GSP-Phot). Fields a source did not provide are omitted, never invented.
Evolution
A blue supergiant is among the most luminous stars known — enormous, hot, and massive. Many end their lives as supernovae.
Location in the sky
Knowledge connections
- In constellationScorpius
Related stars in Scorpius
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- HYG DatabaseHYG Database (Hipparcos + Yale Bright Star + Gliese), by D. Nash / astronexus
Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
- HipparcosESA Hipparcos space astrometry mission
High-precision parallax, magnitude, and position for ~118,000 stars.