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10 Herculis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:37 | Tran: 6:50 | Set: 14:59
Alt: -12.38°   Az: 21.65°   Direction: North-North-East

10 Herculis is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Hercules.

10 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 10 Herculis 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 10 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 10 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 12m 42s
+23° 25’ 52”
13h 32m 29s
05h 45m 11s

J2000

16h 11m 38s
+23° 29’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

39.93°
44.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 10 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Giant

-0.50
M4III
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Herculis is distant 565.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

173.61
565.97
-25 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

10 Herculis
SAO84240
SAO84240

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.6°
Max altitude: 62.0°
Azimuth: 293.4°