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HR6697

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:18 | Tran: 8:31 | Set: 16:44
Alt: 31.67°   Az: 269.55°   Direction: West

HR6697 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR6697 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR6697 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 HR6697 star
DSS2 image of HR6697. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6697 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 58m 16s
+23° 59’ 40”
04h 34m 41s
22h 32m 57s

J2000

17h 57m 14s
+23° 59’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

49.51°
22.08°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6697.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Main-sequence

4.02
G2V
5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6697 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6697. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6697 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6697 double sysyem:

6.3
7.8
1.5
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6697 is distant 93.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

28.56
93.09
-34 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO85575
SAO85575
NN 4039 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6697 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.0°
Max altitude: 62.5°
Azimuth: 294.0°