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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR6985

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:05 | Tran: 3:53 | Set: 10:37
Alt: 38.54°   Az: 227.59°   Direction: South-West

HR6985 is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR6985 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, HR6985 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 HR6985 star
DSS2 image of HR6985. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6985 during the next 1000 years (-0.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 37m 40s
+09° 08’ 42”
02h 23m 11s
21h 00m 51s

J2000

18h 36m 27s
+09° 07’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

39.4°
7.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6985.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Giant

2.44
F5III
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6985 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6985. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6985 is distant 126.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

38.83
126.60
-22 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.129"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO123690
SAO123690

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6985 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.9°
Max altitude: 47.7°
Azimuth: 279.1°