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108 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:40 | Tran: 2:46 | Set: 11:48
Alt: 65.63°   Az: 213.35°   Direction: South-South-West

108 Herculis is a star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hercules.

108 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 108 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 108 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 108 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 108 Herculis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 21m 55s
+29° 52’ 19”
01h 00m 38s
19h 22m 34s

J2000

18h 20m 57s
+29° 51’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

57.37°
19.23°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63

1.83
A5
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 108 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 108 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

108 Herculis is distant 187.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

57.60
187.79
-20 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

108 Herculis
SAO85956
SAO85956

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 108 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.1°
Max altitude: 68.4°
Azimuth: 299.9°