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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:14 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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HR6681

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:40 | Tran: 8:15 | Set: 12:50
Alt: 20.49°   Az: 200.53°   Direction: South-South-West

HR6681 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR6681 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR6681 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 HR6681 star
DSS2 image of HR6681. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6681 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 57m 45s
-15° 48’ 51”
01h 19m 51s
19h 17m 37s

J2000

17h 56m 18s
-15° 48’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

12.56°
4.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6681.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Main-sequence

1.48
A1V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6681 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6681. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6681 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6681 double sysyem:

5.89
9.09
3.2
20.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6681 is distant 248.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

76.28
248.67
-24 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO160915
SAO160915

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6681 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.8°
Max altitude: 22.7°
Azimuth: 254.2°