HR6967

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:58 | Tran: 3:42 | Set: 10:22

Alt: -11.16° Az: 298.93° Direction: West-North-West

HR6967 is a double giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6967 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR6967 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.

DSS2 image of HR6967. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6967 during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 34m 36s

Declination +08° 17’ 21”

Hour Angle 07h 59m 11s

Sidereal Time 02h 33m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 33m 23s

Declination +08° 16’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 38.29°

Galactic Latitude 7.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Giant

HR6967 is also a SiSr chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -2.01

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6967 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR6967. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6967 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR6967 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.42

Secondary star magnitude 10.42

Magnitude difference 4

Separation 38.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6967 is distant 1,582.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 485.44

Distance (light year) 1,582.52

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171247

SAO Catalogue SAO123634

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90971

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 3741

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS11448

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6967 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7° RISE 20:58

Max altitude: 46.8° TRANSIT 3:42

Azimuth: 278.3° SET 10:22

Set Location

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