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HR9068

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:06 | Tran: 14:36 | Set: 0:10
Alt: 24.56°   Az: 292.03°   Direction: West-North-West

HR9068 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR9068 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR9068 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR9068 star
DSS2 image of HR9068. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9068 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 00m 06s
+32° 31’ 17”
06h 02m 11s
06h 02m 17s

J2000

23h 58m 49s
+32° 22’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

110.21°
-29.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR9068.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Sub-giant

-2.26
B6IV
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9068 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR9068. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9068 is distant 1,862.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

571.43
1,862.86
-6 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO73650
SAO73650

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9068 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.5°
Max altitude: 71.0°
Azimuth: 302.5°