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34 Herculis

Altitude: 41.9°   Azimuth: 300.0°   Direction: West-North-West

34 Herculis is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Hercules.

34 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its reltive faintness, 34 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 34 Herculis:

6.45
Main-sequence

34 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 41.9°
Azimuth: 300.0°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 34 Herculis

34 Herculis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 34 Herculis are provided in the following table:

16h 30m 06s
+48° 57’ 38”
75.86°
42.99°
Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 34 Herculis in the sky:

Finder chart 34 Herculis star
Simplified finder chart for 34 Herculis.

Visibility of 34 Herculis from your location

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

34 Herculis is circumpolar and transits at 16:17 UTC (altitude: 87.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 34 Herculis

The image below is a photograph of 34 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 34 Herculis is -0.048 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.062 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 34 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 34 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 34 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement

34 Herculis is distant 362.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

111.11 pc
362.22 ly
-8 km/s
-0.048 arcsec/year
-0.062 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 34 Herculis

34 Herculis belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.22
A1V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 34 Herculis

34 Herculis
SAO46128
SAO46128