16 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:28 | Tran: 23:07 | Set: 6:49

Alt: -9.10° Az: 43.63° Direction: South-South-West

16 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hercules.

16 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 16m 36s

Declination +18° 44’ 46”

Hour Angle 15h 04m 01s

Sidereal Time 07h 20m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 15m 28s

Declination +18° 48’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 34.13°

Galactic Latitude 42.62°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.69

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.76

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Herculis is distant 316.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.99

Distance (light year) 316.20

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.064 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD146388

SAO Catalogue SAO102040

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79666

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 3075

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.3° RISE 15:28

Max altitude: 57.3° TRANSIT 23:07

Azimuth: 288.7° SET 6:49

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules