HR6668

Altitude: -52.9° Azimuth: 81.2° Direction: East

HR6668 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6668 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6668 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 HR6668:

Color of HR6668 ⬤

Magnitude of HR6668 5.96

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR6668 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -52.9°
Azimuth: 81.2°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6668

HR6668 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6668 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 54m 27s

Declination J2000 -34° 27’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 356.21°

Galactic Latitude -4.44°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6668 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR6668.

Visibility of HR6668 from your location

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

Today's HR6668 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.5° RISE 23:37

Max altitude: 4.1° TRANSIT 1:41

Azimuth: 235.5° SET 3:42

RIGHT NOW HR6668 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6668

The image below is a photograph of HR6668 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 HR6668 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR6668. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6668 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6668 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6668 is distant 842.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 258.40 pc

Distance (light year) 842.38 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6668

HR6668 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.10

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature of HR6668 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6668 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6668. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6668

Henry Draper Catalogue HD162817

SAO Catalogue SAO209446

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87671

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3412244

In Evidence

Other stars in Scorpius