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HR1688

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 36.43°   Az: 37.71°   Direction: North-East

HR1688 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1688 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR1688 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 HR1688 star
DSS2 image of HR1688. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1688 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 17m 25s
+59° 25’ 56”
17h 01m 33s
22h 18m 59s

J2000

05h 15m 11s
+59° 24’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

151.3°
11.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1688.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Giant

1.28
K2III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1688 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1688. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1688 is distant 307.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

94.25
307.26
3 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO25088
SAO25088

Visibility from Your Location

HR1688 is circumpolar and transits at 13:23 UTC (altitude: 82.0°)