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public  Wolfegg, Germany Wolfegg, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:31 
Transit: 13:25 
Sunset: 21:19
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100 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:20 | Tran: 0:29 | Set: 8:41
Alt: 58.69°   Az: 236.39°   Direction: West-South-West

100 Herculis is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

100 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 100 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 100 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 100 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 100 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 08m 51s
+26° 06’ 09”
01h 55m 14s
20h 04m 05s

J2000

18h 07m 49s
+26° 05’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

52.53°
20.59°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

2.37
A3V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 100 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 100 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

100 Herculis is distant 165.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

50.89
165.90
-16 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

100 Herculis
SAO85752
SAO85752

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 100 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Wolfegg, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 63.9°
Max altitude: 68.3°
Azimuth: 296.1°