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111 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:16 | Tran: 19:51 | Set: 3:30
Alt: 49.29°   Az: 226.32°   Direction: South-West

111 Herculis is a multiple giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hercules.

111 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, 111 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.

Image of 111 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 111 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 111 Herculis during the next 1000 years (1.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 48m 06s
+18° 12’ 35”
01h 59m 06s
20h 47m 13s

J2000

18h 47m 01s
+18° 10’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

48.76°
9.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 111 Herculis star
Simplified finder chart for 111 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Giant

2.09
A5III
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 111 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 111 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

111 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 111 Herculis double sysyem:

4.36
9.86
5.5
121.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

111 Herculis is distant 92.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

28.43
92.69
-45 km/s
0.073 arcsec/y
0.116"/y

Alternative Designations

111 Herculis
SAO104093
SAO104093

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 111 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.8°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 288.2°