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47 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:58 | Tran: 7:32 | Set: 14:07
Alt: 34.26°   Az: 127.74°   Direction: South-East

47 Herculis is a variable star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

47 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 47 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 47 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 47 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Herculis during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 51m 32s
+07° 12’ 22”
21h 15m 09s
14h 06m 42s

J2000

16h 50m 19s
+07° 14’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

25.23°
30.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 47 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.49

1.68
A3
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Herculis is distant 188.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

57.80
188.44
-4 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

47 Herculis
SAO121895
SAO121895

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.8°
Max altitude: 45.7°
Azimuth: 277.2°