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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR697

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:03 | Tran: 16:24 | Set: 20:45
Alt: -54.14°   Az: 28.38°   Direction: North-North-East

HR697 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR697 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR697 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 HR697 star
DSS2 image of HR697. The red arrow shows the motion of HR697 during the next 1000 years (2.48 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 24m 08s
-18° 14’ 27”
13h 08m 11s
15h 32m 20s

J2000

02h 22m 57s
-18° 21’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

195.13°
-67.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR697.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22

0.84
G5
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR697 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR697. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR697 is distant 387.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

118.91
387.63
20 km/s
0.149 arcsec/y
-0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO148366
SAO148366

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR697 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.2°
Max altitude: 20.3°
Azimuth: 251.8°