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HR6673

Altitude: 29.8°   Azimuth: 298.0°   Direction: West-North-West

HR6673 is a giant star in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6673 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its reltive faintness, HR6673 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 HR6673:

6.04
Giant

HR6673 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 29.8°
Azimuth: 298.0°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR6673

HR6673 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR6673 are provided in the following table:

17h 52m 04s
+39° 58’ 55”
66.01°
27.88°
Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR6673 in the sky:

Finder chart HR6673 star
Simplified finder chart for HR6673.

Visibility of HR6673 from your location

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

HR6673 is circumpolar and transits at 17:23 UTC (altitude: 78.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR6673

The image below is a photograph of HR6673 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 HR6673 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.054 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR6673 star
DSS2 image of HR6673. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6673 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR6673 from the Sun and relative movement

HR6673 is distant 698.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 66 kilometers per second.

214.13 pc
698.07 ly
-66 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/year
0.054 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR6673

HR6673 belongs to spectral class K4

-0.61
K4
4069K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6673 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6673. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR6673

SAO66402
SAO66402