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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR683

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:09 | Tran: 11:38 | Set: 15:07
Alt: -58.70°   Az: 316.01°   Direction: North-West

HR683 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR683 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR683 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 HR683 star
DSS2 image of HR683. The red arrow shows the motion of HR683 during the next 1000 years (-3.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 20m 07s
-25° 49’ 46”
10h 25m 27s
12h 45m 34s

J2000

02h 18m 58s
-25° 56’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

214.47°
-70.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR683.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Main-sequence

5.82
G5V
5501K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR683 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR683. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR683 is distant 41.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

12.68
41.33
7 km/s
-0.214 arcsec/y
0.448"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO167697
SAO167697

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR683 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.8°
Max altitude: 12.7°
Azimuth: 244.2°