105 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:00 | Tran: 18:16 | Set: 2:37

Alt: 62.97° Az: 181.15° Direction: South

105 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hercules.

105 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, 105 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.

DSS2 image of 105 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 105 Herculis during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 20m 11s

Declination +24° 27’ 28”

Hour Angle 00h 02m 17s

Sideral Time 18h 22m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 19m 10s

Declination +24° 26’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 51.92°

Galactic Latitude 17.6°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 105 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.27

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.70

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.53

Temperature 3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 105 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 105 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

105 Herculis is distant 1,278.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 392.16

Distance (light year) 1,278.43

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 105 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD168532

SAO Catalogue SAO85921

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89773

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3381

FK5 Catalogue 3457

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 105 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.5° RISE 10:00

Max altitude: 63.0° TRANSIT 18:16

Azimuth: 294.5° SET 2:37

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules