HR1688

Altitude: 20.9° Azimuth: 0.8° Direction: North

HR1688 is a giant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1688 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1688 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1688:

Color of HR1688 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1688 6.15

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1688 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 20.9°
Azimuth: 0.8°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1688

HR1688 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1688 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 15m 11s

Declination J2000 +59° 24’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 151.3°

Galactic Latitude 11.99°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1688 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1688.

Visibility of HR1688 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR1688 is circumpolar and transits at 11:56 UTC (altitude: 82.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1688

The image below is a photograph of HR1688 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1688 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1688 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 94.25 pc

Distance (light year) 307.26 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1688

HR1688 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.28

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature of HR1688 4348K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR1688

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33618

SAO Catalogue SAO25088

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24479

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+59 857

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis