16 Herculis

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

16 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its reltive faintness, 16 Herculis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 16 Herculis:

Color of 16 Herculis ⬤

Magnitude of 16 Herculis 5.69

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 16 Herculis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 16 Herculis

16 Herculis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 16 Herculis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 15m 28s

Declination J2000 +18° 48’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 34.13°

Galactic Latitude 42.62°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 16 Herculis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 16 Herculis.

Visibility of 16 Herculis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 71.2° RISE 20:27

Max altitude: 57.3° TRANSIT 4:09

Azimuth: 288.8° SET 11:48

RIGHT NOW 16 Herculis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 16 Herculis

The image below is a photograph of 16 Herculis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 16 Herculis is -0.064 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.077 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 16 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 316.20 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.064 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.077 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 16 Herculis

16 Herculis belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.76

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of 16 Herculis 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

Alternative designations of 16 Herculis

Flamsteed designation 16 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD146388

SAO Catalogue SAO102040

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79666

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 3075

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