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HR6670

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:14 | Tran: 2:46 | Set: 9:15
Alt: 43.60°   Az: 196.13°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6670 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6670 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR6670 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 HR6670 star
DSS2 image of HR6670. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6670 during the next 1000 years (-2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 54m 28s
+06° 05’ 51”
00h 46m 41s
18h 41m 10s

J2000

17h 53m 14s
+06° 06’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

31.78°
15.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6670.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Sub-giant

3.29
F3IV
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6670 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6670. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6670 is distant 102.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

31.38
102.29
-33 km/s
-0.122 arcsec/y
0.069"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122880
SAO122880

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6670 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.9°
Max altitude: 44.6°
Azimuth: 276.1°