29 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:27 | Tran: 23:24 | Set: 6:24

Alt: -16.14° Az: 45.97° Direction: South-South-West

29 Herculis is a variable giant star of spectral class K7 in the constellation of Hercules.

29 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, 29 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.

DSS2 image of 29 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Herculis during the next 1000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.30 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 33m 48s

Declination +11° 26’ 08”

Hour Angle 14h 59m 11s

Sidereal Time 07h 32m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 32m 36s

Declination +11° 29’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 27.46°

Galactic Latitude 35.97°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.84

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.10

Spectral Type K7III

Color Index (B-V) 1.49

Temperature 3809K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Herculis is distant 316.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.18

Distance (light year) 316.81

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.18 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.078"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD149161

SAO Catalogue SAO102234

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP81008

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 3008

FK5 Catalogue 3310

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 7812

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.6° RISE 16:27

Max altitude: 50.0° TRANSIT 23:24

Azimuth: 281.4° SET 6:24

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules