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HR6668

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:07 | Tran: 3:08 | Set: 5:09
Alt: 3.04°   Az: 192.37°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6668 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6668 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR6668 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 HR6668 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 56m 08s
-34° 28’ 09”
01h 00m 08s
18h 56m 17s

J2000

17h 54m 27s
-34° 27’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

356.21°
-4.44°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Main-sequence

-1.10
B9V
10252K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

258.40
842.38
-16 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO209446
SAO209446

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 124.5°
Max altitude: 4.1°
Azimuth: 235.5°