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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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107 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:06 | Tran: 8:59 | Set: 17:51
Alt: 61.08°   Az: 132.06°   Direction: South-East

107 Herculis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Hercules.

107 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, 107 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 107 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 107 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 107 Herculis during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 21m 59s
+28° 52’ 59”
22h 23m 10s
16h 45m 09s

J2000

18h 21m 01s
+28° 52’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

56.4°
18.86°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.12
Main-sequence

0.48
A7V
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 107 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 107 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

107 Herculis is distant 276.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

84.82
276.51
-30 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

107 Herculis
SAO85957
SAO85957

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 107 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.1°
Max altitude: 67.4°
Azimuth: 298.9°