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36 Herculis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:32 | Tran: 6:51 | Set: 13:10
Alt: -14.12°   Az: 295.85°   Direction: West-North-West

36 Herculis is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

36 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.93. Because of its faintness, 36 Herculis is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 36 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 36 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 41m 50s
+04° 09’ 36”
07h 55m 47s
00h 37m 37s

J2000

16h 40m 35s
+04° 12’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

20.79°
30.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.93
Sub-giant

2.08
A3IV
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

36 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 36 Herculis double sysyem:

6.93
8.13
1.2
69.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Herculis is distant 303.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

93.20
303.82
-28 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

36 Herculis
SAO121774
SAO121774

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.8°
Max altitude: 42.7°
Azimuth: 274.2°