50 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:47 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 1:53

Alt: 35.85° Az: 274.34° Direction: West

50 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Hercules.

50 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 50 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.

DSS2 image of 50 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Herculis during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 51m 37s

Declination +29° 45’ 57”

Hour Angle 04h 34m 24s

Sideral Time 21h 26m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 50m 39s

Declination +29° 48’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 50.91°

Galactic Latitude 37.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 50 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.54

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Herculis is distant 923.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 283.29

Distance (light year) 923.51

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 50 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152173

SAO Catalogue SAO84641

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82422

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 2884

FK5 Catalogue 3339

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.2° RISE 7:47

Max altitude: 68.3° TRANSIT 16:48

Azimuth: 299.8° SET 1:53

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules