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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR6968

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:59 | Tran: 23:38 | Set: 4:18
Alt: 3.13°   Az: 308.15°   Direction: North-West

HR6968 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Lyra.

HR6968 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, HR6968 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 HR6968 star
DSS2 image of HR6968. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6968 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 33m 48s
+30° 34’ 29”
04h 23m 10s
22h 56m 58s

J2000

18h 32m 49s
+30° 33’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

59.04°
17.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6968.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Sub-giant

0.23
B8IV
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6968 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6968. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR6968 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 HR6968 double sysyem:

5.48
12.78
7.3
7.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6968 is distant 365.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

112.11
365.47
-10 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO67090
SAO67090

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6968 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 59.4°
Max altitude: 29.7°
Azimuth: 300.6°