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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6667

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:01 | Tran: 3:09 | Set: 9:14
Alt: 31.66°   Az: 222.95°   Direction: South-West

HR6667 is a variable giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6667 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR6667 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 HR6667 star
DSS2 image of HR6667. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6667 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 53m 52s
+01° 18’ 02”
02h 21m 49s
20h 15m 42s

J2000

17h 52m 35s
+01° 18’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

27.29°
13.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6667.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

0.79
K5III
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6667 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6667. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6667 is distant 350.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

107.53
350.54
-65 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122861
SAO122861

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6667 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.7°
Max altitude: 39.8°
Azimuth: 271.3°