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25 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:13 | Tran: 7:07 | Set: 17:57
Alt: 53.96°   Az: 94.10°   Direction: East

25 Herculis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hercules.

25 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, 25 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 25 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 25 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Herculis during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 26m 17s
+37° 20’ 17”
20h 49m 44s
13h 16m 02s

J2000

16h 25m 24s
+37° 23’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

59.9°
44.23°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Main-sequence

1.06
A5V
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Herculis is distant 256.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

78.55
256.09
-1 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

25 Herculis
SAO65290
SAO65290

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.7°
Max altitude: 75.9°
Azimuth: 307.3°