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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:56 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:29
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HR1685

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:33 | Tran: 2:24 | Set: 8:11
Alt: -28.00°   Az: 53.32°   Direction: North-East

HR1685 is a sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1685 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR1685 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 HR1685 star
DSS2 image of HR1685. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1685 during the next 1000 years (1.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 12m 13s
-02° 13’ 29”
15h 00m 30s
20h 12m 43s

J2000

05h 10m 58s
-02° 15’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

203°
-23.29°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1685 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1685.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Sub-giant

2.83
K1IV
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1685 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1685. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1685 is distant 157.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 64 kilometers per second.

48.40
157.79
64 km/s
0.075 arcsec/y
-0.145"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO131847
SAO131847

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1685 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.2°
Max altitude: 36.3°
Azimuth: 267.8°