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public  Vårdö, Aland Vårdö, Aland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Mariehamn
Sunrise: 4:35 
Transit: 13:44 
Sunset: 22:51
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HR6690

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 0:12 | Set: 7:00
Alt: -22.88°   Az: 350.26°   Direction: North

HR6690 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6690 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR6690 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 HR6690 star
DSS2 image of HR6690. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6690 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 58m 10s
+06° 29’ 10”
11h 23m 53s
05h 22m 03s

J2000

17h 56m 56s
+06° 29’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

32.57°
15.06°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

-0.31
B9III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6690 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6690. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6690 is distant 680.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

208.77
680.58
-14 km/s
0.026 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO122949
SAO122949

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6690 rise, transit and set times from Vårdö, Aland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Mariehamn):

Azimuth: 83.5°
Max altitude: 36.2°
Azimuth: 276.5°