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HR679

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 13.52°   Az: 336.06°   Direction: North-North-West

HR679 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR679 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR679 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 HR679 star
DSS2 image of HR679. The red arrow shows the motion of HR679 during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 22m 20s
+47° 25’ 34”
09h 37m 19s
11h 59m 40s

J2000

02h 20m 41s
+47° 18’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

138.24°
-12.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR679.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Main-sequence

-0.93
B5V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR679 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR679. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR679 is distant 835.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

256.41
835.90
2 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO37955
SAO37955

Visibility from Your Location

HR679 is circumpolar and transits at 09:53 UTC (altitude: 85.9°)