HR6680

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:41 | Tran: 0:52 | Set: 4:07

Alt: -20.98° Az: 109.10° Direction: South-South-West

HR6680 is a giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

HR6680 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR6680 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.

DSS2 image of HR6680. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6680 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 58m 18s

Declination -28° 04’ 00”

Hour Angle 18h 04m 10s

Sidereal Time 12h 02m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 56m 41s

Declination -28° 03’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 1.99°

Galactic Latitude -1.65°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.8

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.29

Spectral Type A7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.21

Temperature 8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6680 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6680. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6680 is distant 164.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 50.33

Distance (light year) 164.07

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.04 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD163318

SAO Catalogue SAO185975

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP87836

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2813878

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6680 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.1° RISE 21:41

Max altitude: 10.5° TRANSIT 0:52

Azimuth: 241.9° SET 4:07

Set Location

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