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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 13:05 
Sunset: 21:11
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HR6686

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:52 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 5:11
Alt: -0.54°   Az: 264.11°   Direction: West

HR6686 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6686 visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, HR6686 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 HR6686 star
DSS2 image of HR6686. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6686 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 58m 08s
-04° 05’ 00”
05h 42m 53s
23h 41m 02s

J2000

17h 56m 47s
-04° 04’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

22.94°
10.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6686.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Giant

-0.11
G9
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6686 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6686. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6686 is distant 425.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

130.55
425.59
-39 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO141979
SAO141979

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6686 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.1°
Max altitude: 34.4°
Azimuth: 265.9°