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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.

Image of 112 Herculis star
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

18h 53m 21s
+21° 27’ 27”
01h 11m 10s
20h 04m 32s

J2000

18h 52m 16s
+21° 25’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

52.27°
9.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 112 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Bright giant
112 Herculis is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

-0.26
B9II
11092K

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

HR 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.

140.85
459.15
-20 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

112 Herculis
SAO86521
SAO86521

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°
Max altitude: 60.0°
Azimuth: 291.5°