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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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HR6662

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:43 | Tran: 2:43 | Set: 4:40
Alt: -10.66°   Az: 225.97°   Direction: South-West

HR6662 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6662 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR6662 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 HR6662 star
DSS2 image of HR6662. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6662 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 55m 36s
-34° 45’ 20”
03h 57m 15s
21h 52m 51s

J2000

17h 53m 54s
-34° 45’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

355.9°
-4.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6662.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Main-sequence

-1.49
B9V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6662 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6662. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6662 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6662 double sysyem:

5.96
6.76
0.8
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6662 is distant 1,009.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

309.60
1,009.29
-5 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209428
SAO209428

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6662 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8°
Max altitude: 3.8°
Azimuth: 235.2°