112 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:45 | Tran: 3:45 | Set: 11:41

Alt: 56.94° Az: 211.42° Direction: South-South-West

112 Herculis is a bright giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Hercules.

112 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 112 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 112 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 112 Herculis during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 53m 21s

Declination +21° 27’ 27”

Hour Angle 01h 11m 10s

Sidereal Time 20h 04m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 52m 16s

Declination +21° 25’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 52.27°

Galactic Latitude 9.41°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.48

Class Bright giant

112 Herculis is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.26

Spectral Type B9II

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 112 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 112 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

112 Herculis is distant 459.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.85

Distance (light year) 459.15

Radial Speed -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 112 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD174933

SAO Catalogue SAO86521

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP92614

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 3582

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 112 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.5° RISE 19:45

Max altitude: 60.0° TRANSIT 3:45

Azimuth: 291.5° SET 11:41

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules