106 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:25 | Tran: 19:24 | Set: 3:27

Alt: 51.66° Az: 231.69° Direction: South-West

106 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Hercules.

106 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, 106 Herculis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 106 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 106 Herculis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 21m 20s

Declination +21° 58’ 25”

Hour Angle 02h 06m 37s

Sideral Time 20h 27m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 20m 17s

Declination +21° 57’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 49.63°

Galactic Latitude 16.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 106 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.95

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.63

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.59

Temperature 3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 106 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 106 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

106 Herculis is distant 425.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 130.55

Distance (light year) 425.59

Radial Speed -33 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 106 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD168720

SAO Catalogue SAO85941

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP89861

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 3390

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 106 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.0° RISE 11:25

Max altitude: 60.5° TRANSIT 19:24

Azimuth: 292.0° SET 3:27

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Hercules