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113 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:51 | Tran: 19:55 | Set: 4:03
Alt: 20.81°   Az: 79.35°   Direction: East

113 Herculis is a multiple giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Hercules.

113 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.59. Because of its moderate brightness, 113 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 113 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 113 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 113 Herculis during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 55m 47s
+22° 40’ 40”
18h 21m 24s
13h 17m 11s

J2000

18h 54m 44s
+22° 38’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

53.63°
9.42°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 113 Herculis star
Simplified finder chart for 113 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.59
Giant

-1.28
G4III
5342K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 113 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 113 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

113 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 113 Herculis double sysyem:

4.59
12.49
7.9
35.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

113 Herculis is distant 485.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

149.03
485.84
-24 km/s
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

113 Herculis
SAO86567
SAO86567

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 113 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.3°
Max altitude: 61.2°
Azimuth: 292.7°